Just finished brewing my first kit beer.
Coopers Bitter with 1kg Geordie Beer enhancer.
OG 1.0040
Just have to compete with flatmates brew:
Geordie Bitter with 1kg Geordie Beer enhancer.
fingers crossed.
very excited.
smiles
adam
Coopers Bitter
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Adam
its great, i have my first turbo cider batch to take me through half term and the beer should be conditioned in time for the easter break.
It take the edge of all the delays that kept me from having anything ready for christmas and new years.
viva la brew
smiles
adam
p.s. before anyone worries i'm a classroom assistant and not a school age pupil ... see school holiday references
It take the edge of all the delays that kept me from having anything ready for christmas and new years.
viva la brew
smiles
adam
p.s. before anyone worries i'm a classroom assistant and not a school age pupil ... see school holiday references
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Adam
well the head on this brew is pushing against the lid and the liquid is around the 23 litre mark... my yeast is obviously a lot more lively than my friends which has about an inch of head.
Odd question is fermentation noticibaly exothermic as a reaction as out hot water cupboard is usually 18 degrees and now its at 20 degrees... sure i used a bit more hot water than normal in sanitising etc but can't work out why the room is warmer than normal 24 hours on.
smiles
adam
Odd question is fermentation noticibaly exothermic as a reaction as out hot water cupboard is usually 18 degrees and now its at 20 degrees... sure i used a bit more hot water than normal in sanitising etc but can't work out why the room is warmer than normal 24 hours on.
smiles
adam
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mctoon
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Ah, remembering back in the days when I first started out, a Geordie kit and a cheap way to get smashed! Gotta love university.mctoon wrote:Odd question is fermentation noticibaly exothermic as a reaction
Must be a stundent
Lost me
Fermenting -!
Maturing - Lenin's Revenge RIS
Drinking - !
Next brew - PA
Brew after next brew - IPA
Maturing - Lenin's Revenge RIS
Drinking - !
Next brew - PA
Brew after next brew - IPA
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Adam
25 and a classroom assistant... was a student, hope to be one again when i can find something more interesting but right now alcohol production is the education i am interested in.
I thought formal education was important right up until i was 16 but by then i had discovered drinking... as homer says {paraphrase} beer is the answer to, and the cause of most problems.
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adam
p.s. wish i had homebrewed in Uni... although sanitary conditions were not easily available in our house
I thought formal education was important right up until i was 16 but by then i had discovered drinking... as homer says {paraphrase} beer is the answer to, and the cause of most problems.
smiles
adam
p.s. wish i had homebrewed in Uni... although sanitary conditions were not easily available in our house
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Adam
our beer room is 18 degrees most of the time and sometimes creeps up to twenty.
Our beers seem to be moving along a little slowly... this is not a worry for me, an extra week in the fermentor just gives me more time to sort out the old king kegs i've recieved.
At 18 degrees how long a ferment should we expect?
(beyond the 10 - 14 days i had planned)
smiles
adam
Our beers seem to be moving along a little slowly... this is not a worry for me, an extra week in the fermentor just gives me more time to sort out the old king kegs i've recieved.
At 18 degrees how long a ferment should we expect?
(beyond the 10 - 14 days i had planned)
smiles
adam
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sparky Paul
You've got problems if you're making enough to need a large bath as a fermenter!DaaB wrote:Yes, in a 20L or so batch you'll see an increase of a couple of degrees, more in larger bathes
Now don't laugh... I've seen it done - a chap doing a beer kit in the bath, using hot water out of the tap. The plughole came in handy...
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MightyMouth
Funny, I mentioned to my Dad that I was starting to brew my own beer and he said he remembered his Dad and Uncles brewing beer in a bathtub, He said they used to sell special lids for the bathtubs.sparky Paul wrote: Now don't laugh... I've seen it done - a chap doing a beer kit in the bath, using hot water out of the tap. The plughole came in handy...
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sparky Paul
Not exactly. Unsurprisingly, it was not fit for human consumption. 
I know it all sounds a bit far fetched, but I kid you not.
I know it all sounds a bit far fetched, but I kid you not.
Yes, but I bet they washed the bath out first.MightyMouth wrote:Funny, I mentioned to my Dad that I was starting to brew my own beer and he said he remembered his Dad and Uncles brewing beer in a bathtub, He said they used to sell special lids for the bathtubs.
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MMBrewing
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Adam
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Adam