Hi, I transferred into a second barrel from the first FV with some sugar then bottled straight away Left Bottles at room temp for a couple of days before transferring to the fridge was this right ??? Thanx Gazza All sounds good to me, did you get a good carbonation on the beers? what I do. I have a...
How much sugar should I batch prime it with? 23ltr. And do I dissolve the sugar in water and then into bottling barrel? Cheers If memory serves I think I used about 180G, so I'd probably go a fair bit lower than that next time. Maybe 120/130. I dissolve the sugar in water whilst boiling on the hob ...
Just a heads up that Lidl will have in stock lOWICZ Fruit Syrups this week (as of today) 99p a bottle, they look ideal for this, there is a Cherry one that looks very interesting! :) BB, The Cherry one is Good, the Raspberry one is much better! :D Stocking up tomorrow for a weekend brew! :D WA My t...
I've not altered the fridge at all. The temp wire and lead for the heater go in the front, they fit thanks to the seal. It's not ideal but a piece of sticky tape holds the door closed. The fridge can be returned to normal duties in less than a minute. In the future, I'll probably be rerouting the wi...
Many people (myself included) use an old larder fridge as a pre-built insulated box to ferment in. Is that not an option due to space? I've recently acquired a larger (double height fridge) that I plan to reuse my STC-1000 and 60W heater in. ETA: the fridge was free - from a local post on https://il...
Just a heads up that Lidl will have in stock lOWICZ Fruit Syrups this week (as of today) 99p a bottle, they look ideal for this, there is a Cherry one that looks very interesting!