Youngs American IPA

[BeerisGOD]

Love clints short cheery positive message after terrys long but well executed essay. Perfectly placed.

 

[Gazaman]

Gazaman and Other Possible Newbies
You are possibly getting confused concerning advice brewing the Youngs AIPA kit!:

Yeah some of the comments have been a little conflicting :) but I guess its all personal preference. Its the same on all the articles I've read and videos I've watched on homebrewing. Everyone seems to have there own little differences but the outcome is the same.
Being a newbie and desperate for my first batch to be perfect draws me to these forums to search out tips and guides etc but sometimes I leave with more questions than answers and I suppose I could end up worried that Ive messed up and ruined it :grin:
Its a bit like googleing an illness lol.
Seriously though, thanks everyone for your advice. It really has helped and I'm certainly more knowledgeable than I was a week ago.
Gaz

 

[Clint]

Here we go! Here we go! Here we go!
Got side tracked yesterday ...the dreaded Xmas shopping...so brewing was delayed!
Wife's grafting...Coopers stout done....this is next!

Cheers

Clint

 

[Clint]

Now rattling away merrily!

Cheers

Clint

 

[Gazaman]

Will be a week ago tomorrow since I started this baby going and can confirm I didn't get the foaming issue that some have reported. I have kept it at around 21 degrees and I get bubbles/squelches every 5-8 secs. Does this seem about right?
Only about another 6 weeks to go :-(
Need to think about what bottles to get next. A barrel isn't an option as I have no way of chilling so need to decide on either the pep bottles available from wilko or weather glass bottles would be better.

 

[Clint]

Mine hasn't burst out but it's bubbling almost constantly. .

Cheers

Clint

 

[Gazaman]

Cheers Clint.
Hmmm not sure what to make of that. Maybe mines not fermenting as it should?!
What temp do you have yours at?

Gaz

 

[terrym]

Will be a week ago tomorrow since I started this baby going and can confirm I didn't get the foaming issue that some have reported. I have kept it at around 21 degrees and I get bubbles/squelches every 5-8 secs. Does this seem about right?
Only about another 6 weeks to go :-(
Need to think about what bottles to get next. A barrel isn't an option as I have no way of chilling so need to decide on either the pep bottles available from wilko or weather glass bottles would be better.

You may have a leaking seal between the lid and the FV itself which means the airlock is being bypassed and the bubble rate is down; however thats not really a problem. As long as you are happy it's fermenting leave the lid on for at least another week before you even think about taking an SG reading.
You will need a capper and caps for glass bottles unless they are flip tops, but bottles may come for nowt if you can scrounge them. PET bottles have a screw top. Either way they must be suitable for holding a carbonated drink if you use them for beer.

 

[Clint]

Mine's in the kitchen,temp strip says 20°c. Yeah like the man says...sounds fine,leave it..

Cheers

Clint

 

[Clint]

Famous last words.....got up to find this has blown through the airlock overnight and has just blown the Clean airlock within 45 minutes of going on....

Cheers

Clint

 

[terrym]

Famous last words.....got up to find this has blown through the airlock overnight and has just blown the Clean airlock within 45 minutes of going on....

Cheers

Clint

If you have not had this happen before, either crack the FV lid in one place and put a towel over that area allowing for the mess, or fit a blow off tube, either way reverting to your airlock when its died down. What you do not want is a blocked airlock and an exploding FV!

 

[Clint]

I might pinch the blow off from the stout next to it as although busy it seems to be behaving....at the moment!

Cheers

Clint

 

[Clint]

I put the blow off tube on some foam is in the tube and the lid is bulging a lot but no bubbling in the bottle. ..

Cheers

Clint

 

[terrym]

I put the blow off tube on some foam is in the tube and the lid is bulging a lot but no bubbling in the bottle. ..

Cheers

Clint

If the yeasty foam does not move down the tube
1. The inlet to the tube is blocked or partially blocked. (needs removal of lid to clean it up).
2. The tube itself has become blocked
3. The lid is now leaking to relieve the pressure. (probably due to 1 or 2)
In my experience 1 and 2 are most likely.
If your blow off tube becomes unreliable you might have to resort to Plan B i.e. cracking the lid and releasing the pressure that way as I suggested earlier.

 

[Clint]

Thanks terrym
This thing is vicious! The coopers stout alongside bubbled constantly for three days but is all quiet now...the last one burst out!

Cheers

Clint

 

[Russ146]

Thanks terrym
This thing is vicious! The coopers stout alongside bubbled constantly for three days but is all quiet now...the last one burst out!

Cheers

Clint

Next time fill up to 4 gallon mark, wait for mount Vesuvius to calm down after a couple of weeks and then top up to 5 gallon mark and leave it until fermentation has finished in another couple of weeks or more

 

[Clint]

Thanks....I also seen a 30l fermenter. ..

Cheers

Clint

 

[Gazaman]

Gutted!
Day 9 and hardly any life in the airlock ☹ . There's still some pressure in there as if I put a bit of pressure on the lid then the bubbles escape. But then nothing.
I've not touched it at all and kept it at a constant temp so maybe stirring in the yeast made more damage than I thought.
Any ideas?

Gaz

 

[wfr42]

Did you get a krausen/any unforced bubbles?

From what I remember this ferments quite quickly and (sometimes vigourously as Clint is seeing). My first one was done a bit too high in the shed and needed the blow off tube. Think I set up a blow off tube from the start for the 2nd and it didn't need it.

Take a hydrometer reading and if it has dropped to the right levels (around 1.010 iirc) you can start thinking about when to dry hop based upon when you can bottle it.

 

[terrym]

Gutted!
Day 9 and hardly any life in the airlock ☹ . There's still some pressure in there as if I put a bit of pressure on the lid then the bubbles escape. But then nothing.
I've not touched it at all and kept it at a constant temp so maybe stirring in the yeast made more damage than I thought.
Any ideas?

Gaz

Plenty on this forum about leaking lids enabling CO2 to bypass the airlock. Highly likely that your brew is still fermenting, albeit more slowly, with or without a bubbling airlock. Mine took 17 and 20 days to finish before I added the hops.
If you are desperate to find out though, just crack the lid, and peek inside. If there is yeasty foam on top and its not clearing and you can see bubbles rising its still going. And if you are really really desperate gently lower a sanitised hydrometer into your brew and find out what the SG is. That's how I take SG readings; I don't bother with sample jars.