St. Peter's ipa issues

[Edwardz89]

Hello forum members!

I'm new here and this is my first proper post other than my introduction post so apologies if I'm in the wrong place.

I have just bottled my first brew ever, as the title says a St. Peter's IPA, I made some mistakes during the start and need your experience to tell me what effect it will have on my beer.

I added 3.5 litres of boiling water to the malt then instead of topping up to 19 litres with cold water I put in 19 liters of cold water (idiot I know lol) then it's been sat in the FV for 6 days at 23 degrees, the recommendation was 18-20 but 23 was as low as I could get it!
So how will this affect the brew? It seemed to ferment fine and smells lovely during bottling.

Many thanks
Ben (brew noob)

 

[Covrich]

End result is you have diluted the beer out a bit, it will be a bit weaker and some of the flavour will be weaker.. But Hopefully should be okay

Keeping the temp low is difficult in the warmer months without special equipment or a cold room I guess.. It will hopefully be okay.. just see how it goes!!

Don't worry we all make mistakes.. My first home brew I did on a scourching day in july and it was 25. I made plenty of mistakes and my first batch wasn't great if I was honest, from then on I learnt and things got better and better

Welcome by the way :

 

[Edwardz89]

Also it says to sore in a warm place for 2 days then cool place for 16days does a cool place mean fridge or not that cold?

 

[Covrich]

what since bottled? Store in a warm place for 2 weeks not 2 days..

Kit instructions are often not good advise and are optimistic. I remember the St Peters instructions being extremely poor (just a few notes on the side of the box isn't it?)

 

[BeerCat]

Ive done that with st peters kits before,added too much water. The stout came out fine though,didn't last long.

 

[Edwardz89]

yeah after bottling, 2 days in a warm place and then 14 in a cool place according to the instructions, what would you guys do? and for the cool storage should i put them in the fridge?

 

[Covrich]

I shove mine in the garage.. Seriously though 2 days is not enough for priming.. After a few kits under your belts you will get a feel, you will realise these kits give rough instructions (and typically not very good). You'll soon realise the practises which work best and work for you

 

[BeerCat]

Ive done that with st peters kits before,added too much water. The stout came out fine though,didn't last long. Corvich is right about giving them more than 2 days. My first beers were a bit flat. Now i leave em indoors for a few weeks before putting in garage and they are much better.

 

[Hoonigan]

I did the same, don't worry came out fine...

 

[rodabod]

Two weeks at room temperature as suggested. Two days isn't enough. Will be drinkable after two weeks and improve given an extra month or two.

 

[sausagefingers]

I did this as one of my first kits and the instructions are terrible, not knowing what I was doing I followed them. The beer was bloody awful and ready to be swilled down the plug but then I was told to store them somewhere warm in the house for a week then cool for a fortnight.What a difference, the beer was extremely cloudy, couldn't see through it at all but the week it spent in the spare bedroom made it crystal clear. If you've used any clear bottles you will be able to tell when it's ready to go somewhere cool.With the weather lately I've been leaving my beer in the garage and it's been warm enough to clear without bringing it inside
Good luck it makes a great pint :drink:

 

[Edwardz89]

Thanks everyone for all the advice! I think my course of action is to give it a couple weeks inside and see how it clears then I'll taste it and put it in the garage for another week or two, sound like a plan?

 

[sausagefingers]

Give it a taste by all means but don't be put off if it tastes ****, it will get better with an extra couple of weeks in the cool :

 

[ManseMasher]

Thanks everyone for all the advice! I think my course of action is to give it a couple weeks inside and see how it clears then I'll taste it and put it in the garage for another week or two, sound like a plan?

What a lot of people seem to do (me included) is stick to 2 + 2 + 2 - 2 weeks in the fv, 2 weeks in the warm (same temperature as you fermented it at) then 2 weeks cold (for ales, if you can manage it, 10 - 12°c). That can be difficult at this time of year, so if you can find anywhere cooler than fermentation temp it will help condition the beer.

Good luck and welcome to the world of brewing!

 

[Edwardz89]

What a lot of people seem to do (me included) is stick to 2 + 2 + 2 - 2 weeks in the fv, 2 weeks in the warm (same temperature as you fermented it at) then 2 weeks cold (for ales, if you can manage it, 10 - 12°c). That can be difficult at this time of year, so if you can find anywhere cooler than fermentation temp it will help condition the beer.

Good luck and welcome to the world of brewing!

Thanks for the advice buddy! I only kept it in the fv for 6 days as I was following the instructions at that point? What benefits do you get for keeping it in the fv for 2weeks?

Thanks again
Ben

 

[ManseMasher]

Plenty benefits - lets the yeast munch its way through the fermentables, lets the bits fall to the bottom of the fv, makes sure when you bottle/keg the priming sugar reacts with the remaining yeast for a nicely conditioned beer. Works for me anyway!

Thanks for the advice buddy! I only kept it in the fv for 6 days as I was following the instructions at that point? What benefits do you get for keeping it in the fv for 2weeks?

Thanks again
Ben