Woodeforde's Nog

[lovelldr]

does that risk the beer going off if you leave it in the bucket for too long?

Only if left for a long time. Also, keep opening the fv will increase the risk of infection. So best to leave it closed (altho it's bloody hard)

 

[blackdouglas]

Just barrelled it today. Was sitting at about 1014 and not doing much, maybe a bit of fermentation left but owing to the fact I started it off too high T and because I didn't want to risk leaving it too long I decided to go ahead. Each time I do this I like to keep the sediment, because I think you can reuse it if you know what you are doing. I don't so I am not going to do that, just yet, but I like to keep it anyway and observe.

I've noticed this happening a few times.

Does this mean that fermentation is still going on?

Can I use it to make bread?

 

[blackdouglas]

Probably not ready quite yet but it's got a bitter after taste and seems a bit dead. Maybe it needed more priming sugar? Thinking about added some more.

I just added a bit of brewer's sugar to it a pint and stirred it, improved the taste slightly and made it a bit more lively, a bit of head and that. Should I take the cap off and bung in another 50g? Already added 90g.

 

[alanywiseman.]

How long was it in the warm? How long has it been bottled?

90g should be fine, I think you will just need time.

 

[blackdouglas]

Was up at around 24-25 for a few days, frothed up really fast. It does say it needs 14 days to prime on the box.

 

[alanywiseman.]

Take them back to the warm for a week or two and it will be fine. A few days isn't really long enough and 90g is plenty of priming sugar

 

[blackdouglas]

It's in a barrel, hence the possibility of adding more sugar. Sitting at about 20ish, whatever the temp of the house is.

 

[alanywiseman.]

I have never kegged anything but I think you can only prime with a max of 100g of sugar or they can start to leak/split. Fingers crossed someone that knows more about kegs will see this.

 

[blackdouglas]

Was thinking of just pouring this into the 2L bottles I am preparing for my next brew and using the barrel for that. Or just sup it. Maybe it will improve.

 

[blackdouglas]

Having a pint now, after 6 days of priming. It is improving, but I sense it needs longer than most beers to mature, which is why I wish I done the cooper's one first and then this. It's definitely one to store for a while and have the odd one on a cold winters nights. I am thinking about buying a bottling thing and trying to decant the contents of the barrel into 2L bottles. once the barrel is empty I could then presh it up with some CO2 and give it a quick blast of pure CO2 from the tap, lid and put away somewhere dark, maybe with a tiny bit of brewer's sugar added to some, for future research.

Is this a bad idea? I also would like to barrel my Cooper's in case 2L plastic bottling it ***** it up, it's the first brew where I feel that I have done everything right this time and it should work out and would prefer to barrel it. Would rather take the risk with the nog.