Wilko classic lager , sorry to bring this up again !!!

[Milesey]

I thought fermentation had stalled , but revisiting the instruction panthlet , it’s suggesting fermentation complete between 4 and 6 days

So fingers crossed it’s finished , hops added so I’ll bottle in a few days

However yesterday I added a sachet of Wilko Gervin yeast , no fermentation restarted

Come bottling time / transferring into a different vessel , will the additional yeast sunk to the bottom ?

Thanks all

 

[Sandimas]

Why don't you drop a hydrometer into it? That's the way to tell what's happening.

Fingers-crossed won't help you if you bottle too early and the bottles explode, showering glass everywhere .

 

[Clint]

It may look like it's done. In the next week or so buy a hydrometer and test it this time next week.
You may have a suggested fg for the kit on the instructions. When it is stable at around this for a few days then you can bottle it. Anything you stick in your beer MUST BE SANITISED!

 

[Milesey]

FG is 1008 as per wilkos

found hydrometer, this is this mornings reading

no movement from airlock but took lid off to get the sample and was thick layer of foam bubbling away, still odd though I think that no activity in air lock

I made full 23 litre batch up ,1 kg brewing sugar and 1kg LME

advice / ideas please

thank you

 

[terrym]

advice / ideas please

Your beer has nearly finished fermenting. But isn't ready to bottle. The normal advice to new brewers is to allow 2 weeks in the FV, two weeks to carb up, and two weeks in a cool place to condition at which point sample it, but even then it may not be ready to drink and longer conditioning may be needed. This is known as the '2+2+2 rule'. If you try to speed things up your beer probably won't be as good as it could have been. But that's up to you. So now leave it alone in the FV for 14 days total but take an SG reading on day 13 and another on day 14 and if they are the same you can go ahead and bottle. If the second reading is lower you have to leave it longer.
In the meantime read this
https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/...de-to-brewing-your-own-beer-from-a-kit.57526/

 

[Milesey]

Thanks terry , what’s your thoughts on lack of activity through airlock ?
All previous brews have been active for at least 8/9 days

here’s a view from inside

 

[terrym]

Thanks terry , what’s your thoughts on lack of activity through airlock ?
All previous brews have been active for at least 8/9 days

If you keep opening the lid you are inviting an infection.
Put the lid on and leave it alone as I suggested.
No bubbles through an airlock may be a sign that the lid is not sealing and allowing CO2 to bypass the airlock , which you would have found out had you read the "Basic Beginners Guide...."

 

[Pavros]

Follow Terry's advice and leave it alone for another week then take a hydrometer reading on 2 successive days.

And some brewers (ie me) never use an airlock with those type of fermenters. No movement through the airlock could mean that there is a leak around the lid somewhere. I just push the lid down firmly all the way around and then unclip/lift up a section of about 2 inches.

 

[Milesey]

If you keep opening the lid you are inviting an infection.
Put the lid on and leave it alone as I suggested.
No bubbles through an airlock may be a sign that the lid is not sealing and allowing CO2 to bypass the airlock , which you would have found out had you read the "Basic Beginners Guide...."

Had to take lid off to take photo and get sample
Lids tight as a drum
Been doing home brew long enough to know About infection cleanliness etc and all that

 

[terrym]

Had to take lid off to take photo and get sample
Lids tight as a drum
Been doing home brew long enough to know About infection cleanliness etc and all that

Whether you follow the advice I give, some of which is based on over 50 years experience of brewing beer, or indeed that of others, is entirely up to you. However do consider how any residual fermentation CO2 (should there be any) can manage to exit an FV if it is not going through the airlock and not passing through a lid to FV seal which allegedly is 'as tight as a drum', when there should be no other exit routes, assuming of course the beer is not being crash cooled whereby at least some of the CO2 which would have otherwise been released as gas will in fact remain in solution.

 

[Sandimas]

From here, your hydrometer looks to be reading 1012/1014 not 1008, there's a load of yeast still in suspension and a load of activity on top of the brew: it's not done.

As other have said, leave it at least 2 weeks, it won't hurt it. Many of us bottle only when the yeast has dropped fully out to leave a clear beer.

Kit instructions are notoriously optimistic: bottle after day 4-6 at your peril, most of us leave it at least 14-21 days.

 

[Milesey]

From here, your hydrometer looks to be reading 1012/1014 not 1008, there's a load of yeast still in suspension and a load of activity on top of the brew: it's not done.

As other have said, leave it at least 2 weeks, it won't hurt it. Many of us bottle only when the yeast has dropped fully out to leave a clear beer.

Kit instructions are notoriously optimistic: bottle after day 4-6 at your peril, most of us leave it at least 14-21 days.

Ay I’m in no rush at all, thanks for this , I’ll leave another week until clearer n activitiity less on top of brew

the devilish job of bottling will follow and I’m happyto leave for 8 week

think I’ll stick to bitter and ipa going forward!

 

[Milesey]

Yessssss , fermentation has resumed

nice n regular Through air lock !
Chuffed

 

[Milesey]

From here, your hydrometer looks to be reading 1012/1014 not 1008, there's a load of yeast still in suspension and a load of activity on top of the brew: it's not done.

As other have said, leave it at least 2 weeks, it won't hurt it. Many of us bottle only when the yeast has dropped fully out to leave a clear beer.

Kit instructions are notoriously optimistic: bottle after day 4-6 at your peril, most of us leave it at least 14-21 days.

Was the wilkos instructions that said 1008 was fg

it’s started to ferment again so am relieved

 

[Milesey]

FG is 1008 as per wilkos

found hydrometer, this is this mornings reading

no movement from airlock but took lid off to get the sample and was thick layer of foam bubbling away, still odd though I think that no activity in air lock

I made full 23 litre batch up ,1 kg brewing sugar and 1kg LME

advice / ideas please

thank you



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[Milesey]

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[terrym]

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You don't need comments.
Your advice is in post 5, 7 and 8 above.
If you are struggling to read a hydrometer, try this
https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/...ic-gravity-using-a-homebrew-hydrometer.60895/

 

[Milesey]

You don't need comments.
Your advice is in post 5, 7 and 8 above.
If you are struggling to read a hydrometer, try this
https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/...ic-gravity-using-a-homebrew-hydrometer.60895/

sorry mein fuhrer For asking

 

[terrym]

sorry mein fuhrer For asking

Single finger salutes to anyone on this forum who offers help (as I have done for you on several of your posts) just indicates to me that you really don't deserve any advice, except from the obvious.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

sorry mein fuhrer For asking

@Milesey
Your post has been reported twice already today (and Terry was not one of them who reported it) you were already on your final warning for previous bad conduct therefore i think its probably best for you to take a couple of weeks holiday from the forum, i hope when (if) you decide to post again your manner of posting will have changed for the better.

When a member helps you its not a good idea to throw their advice back in their face!