KevP
New Member
Hi all, first post.
It's my first beer, but I've done plenty of wine (kits)
I snapped up some of the Make Your Own (Range discontinued line) IPA from Brew2Bottle.
Just throwing this one out there to see what you think:
Followed the instructions, brewed 3 litres short and got the fermentation going in a bucket FV with a bubbler, then on day 2 one of our dogs ate the instructions and also the starting SG note I'd written on them (seriously).... luckily I spotted add hops after 7 days on the hops packet, so far so good.
I was sure I'd seen the instruction on this forum before I signed up, but I can't find them anywhere.
Not that it matters now, the other kits will have them in, and I don't want to open one up with that double-bag arrangement until it's day of reckoning.
In the absence of a sane plan like asking on here if anyone had the instructions I turned to trusty old youtube which brought us to Day 11 when I boiled up some water dissolved 60g of sugar in it and added it to a sterilized King Keg bottom tap model, siphoned in the brew from the FV into the keg, sealed the lid.
(As the keg was an ebay find I pressure tested it already by filling it with water and guffing a co2 bulb in. It held pressure for three days, so I'm happy about the keg.
The brew smelled *very* hoppy and no odd smells that make me think anything untoward has happened so far so it may all turn out OK.
I plan on giving it maybe a day or two in the garage (where the magic happens) on a heat pad then cold and dark for a couple of weeks at least, then see how it turns out.
Does that sound OK?
It's my first beer, but I've done plenty of wine (kits)
I snapped up some of the Make Your Own (Range discontinued line) IPA from Brew2Bottle.
Just throwing this one out there to see what you think:
Followed the instructions, brewed 3 litres short and got the fermentation going in a bucket FV with a bubbler, then on day 2 one of our dogs ate the instructions and also the starting SG note I'd written on them (seriously).... luckily I spotted add hops after 7 days on the hops packet, so far so good.
I was sure I'd seen the instruction on this forum before I signed up, but I can't find them anywhere.
Not that it matters now, the other kits will have them in, and I don't want to open one up with that double-bag arrangement until it's day of reckoning.
In the absence of a sane plan like asking on here if anyone had the instructions I turned to trusty old youtube which brought us to Day 11 when I boiled up some water dissolved 60g of sugar in it and added it to a sterilized King Keg bottom tap model, siphoned in the brew from the FV into the keg, sealed the lid.
(As the keg was an ebay find I pressure tested it already by filling it with water and guffing a co2 bulb in. It held pressure for three days, so I'm happy about the keg.
The brew smelled *very* hoppy and no odd smells that make me think anything untoward has happened so far so it may all turn out OK.
I plan on giving it maybe a day or two in the garage (where the magic happens) on a heat pad then cold and dark for a couple of weeks at least, then see how it turns out.
Does that sound OK?
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