Hi guys second post here, I have made quite a few batches of wine over the years and used to make beer at one of the brew your own places , recently got the urge to brew beer from home. A couple of questions, but first here in Canada in the fall, winter and spring I keep the house at 16 degrees C during the day when no ones home, and 18C at night when we are home, because unless I spend a thousand a month on propane it’s too expensive to heat otherwise. It’s a biggish house 2,300 sq ft.
First I have a Irish red that is bottle conditioning for 17 days now, I sampled a couple of bottles and one was fairly carbonated with lots of foam from the bottle and the other was less, almost flat with a little hiss when opened. However they both went flat in the glass very quickly, just a couple of minutes after pouring out, is this normal or does it need more time?
Second, I decided that because the house is kept cold in winter and spring that a 15 min lager and a kolsch might be a better choice, the kolsch is doing well clearing up nicely after 10 days in primary, but the lager is very cloudy, both are at 10 days and 1.006 I’m thinking of using a clearing agent that I use for wine such as kieselsol and chitosan in the lager, in a secondary for a few days. is this something that would work for beer?
All kits are from extract also the Instructions that came with the kits are extremely vague and seem “unfinished“
Thanks
First I have a Irish red that is bottle conditioning for 17 days now, I sampled a couple of bottles and one was fairly carbonated with lots of foam from the bottle and the other was less, almost flat with a little hiss when opened. However they both went flat in the glass very quickly, just a couple of minutes after pouring out, is this normal or does it need more time?
Second, I decided that because the house is kept cold in winter and spring that a 15 min lager and a kolsch might be a better choice, the kolsch is doing well clearing up nicely after 10 days in primary, but the lager is very cloudy, both are at 10 days and 1.006 I’m thinking of using a clearing agent that I use for wine such as kieselsol and chitosan in the lager, in a secondary for a few days. is this something that would work for beer?
All kits are from extract also the Instructions that came with the kits are extremely vague and seem “unfinished“
Thanks