Brubox kits

[Robdog]

I think im going to go for bottling as i can have something called a little bottler fitted to my bucket for cheap and it makes bottling easy so that should be fine. Ill also go for plastic bottles also as long as there ok i dont see the point in shelling out for expensive bottles.

I was looking at the bottling thread with pictures earlier and the guy put the beer into a bottling bucket before bottling is this essential or as long as my fermenting bucket has a tap on will this suffice as the place im getting everything from will fit it to my fermetnign bucket.

Im going to order all my stuff tomorrow i can wait.

[likesbeer]

If you bottle from the FV there is a chance you will get more of the cr*p from the bottom of the FV in your bottle especially as you will have to gently stir in your primer. But I have heard/read people doing that so should be OK, I still would recomend free bottles though why shell out for empty bottles?

[Robdog]

If you bottle from the FV there is a chance you will get more of the cr*p from the bottom of the FV in your bottle especially as you will have to gently stir in your primer. But I have heard/read people doing that so should be OK, I still would recomend free bottles though why shell out for empty bottles?

Thanks think ill buy an extra bucket just incase they are only cheap.

Do you use one of these bottle stick things? I ask because if say i use 2 ltr pop bottles is the stick long enoujgh to reach the bottom of the bottle? I see its on a length of tube also so i suppose i could just push the tube inside the bottle until it reaches the bottom?

[likesbeer]

I've not bottled in 2 ltr pop bottles but I think it should be I used it with a 1 gallon demijohn the other day and it reached the bottom OK its quite long. Ask the shop to be sure
Extra FV's are always good as you'll end up wanting to brew more

[Robdog]

Ok will do thanks.

Im having to buy everything online as i dont drive and there isnt a homebrew shop close to me anymore. Im going to order first thing tomorrow:)

[Robdog]

A final question haha well for now anyway. Looking at the bottling thread in the kits section just before the guy transfers the from the FV into the bottling bucket he sprays some gas in there i was wondering if this is important because i think getting the gas may be hard for me.

[Madbrewer]

A final question haha well for now anyway. Looking at the bottling thread in the kits section just before the guy transfers the from the FV into the bottling bucket he sprays some gas in there i was wondering if this is important because i think getting the gas may be hard for me.

I've never bothered, just try not to get a fast trasnfer which would splash, foam and get more O2 into the beer!

[Robdog]

Thanks well thats everything ordered and for an extra 2 quid i can have it tomorrow

I ended up buying bottles lol as im impatient to get started but still i had the starter kit, extra 5 gallon FV with Little Bottler as my bottling bucket, a 10 litre bucket for general use, 2mtrs of 8mm tubing and 24 1 ltr plastic bottles for just under 80 quid which isnt bad.

Thanks for the help guys i appreciate it and im sure ill have a couple more questions before i get cracking on Sunday.

[Robdog]

What does everyone use to sanatize the equpment? Ive read diluted bleach can be used but i think i have some steralising powder included with my kit.

Also after its been steralised then rinsed in cold water how do you dry it or is it ok a little damp as there is water gogin in the vessle anyway.

[Robdog]

Does anyone use Camden Tablets ive been reading about them somewhere but it doesnt mention them in the kit instructions on this forum so i guess they are just an optional extra? Dont really want to spend anymore cash if i dont need to.

[Marts]

The steriliser they send out is ideal. VWP or something similar in powder form. Just remember to sterilise EVERYTHING that will come anywhere near your liquids.

Campden tablets are used to de-chlorinate water - prior to pitching it into the wort. Well they're used for other stuff too, but that's what i do with them

[Robdog]

The steriliser they send out is ideal. VWP or something similar in powder form. Just remember to sterilise EVERYTHING that will come anywhere near your liquids.

Campden tablets are used to de-chlorinate water - prior to pitching it into the wort. Well they're used for other stuff too, but that's what i do with them

Thanks Marts i think im getting to grips with it now. I dont have any tablets can you do it without or are they eesential.

Now for the water. Im going to have to do my brew upstairs so is tap water from the bath ok to use? I wouldn imagine all the water in the house is from the same tank. I can get bottled water if its better but again its an added expense.

[sparky Paul]

I dont have any tablets can you do it without or are they eesential.

Now for the water. Im going to have to do my brew upstairs so is tap water from the bath ok to use? I wouldn imagine all the water in the house is from the same tank. I can get bottled water if its better but again its an added expense.

Campden tablets aren't essential, but it can depend on the quality of your water. I don't use them and have no problems whatsoever, but some people have problems if their water is heavily dosed with chlorine and/or chloramine. Really, you have to suck it and see - I don't see the point in adding things unnecessarily, you can do more harm than good. If you find you have any hint of a mild tcp flavour in your beer, you need the campden.

If you feel you need the campden tablets, Wilkinson's sell them in tubs of 100 for £2.49.

Make sure your bath is fed from the rising main. Occasionally, the bath cold tap is fed from a header tank, and you don't want stale water in your beer.

Also, the little bottler will reach the bottom of a 2 litre PET bottle, but only just. Fitting it into the end of a piece of syphon pipe makes things a lot easier, you might have to soften the pipe by running it under the hot tap to make it fit over the top of the bottler.

[Robdog]

I dont have any tablets can you do it without or are they eesential.

Now for the water. Im going to have to do my brew upstairs so is tap water from the bath ok to use? I wouldn imagine all the water in the house is from the same tank. I can get bottled water if its better but again its an added expense.

Campden tablets aren't essential, but it can depend on the quality of your water. I don't use them and have no problems whatsoever, but some people have problems if their water is heavily dosed with chlorine and/or chloramine. Really, you have to suck it and see - I don't see the point in adding things unnecessarily, you can do more harm than good. If you find you have any hint of a mild tcp flavour in your beer, you need the campden.

If you feel you need the campden tablets, Wilkinson's sell them in tubs of 100 for £2.49.

Make sure your bath is fed from the rising main. Occasionally, the bath cold tap is fed from a header tank, and you don't want stale water in your beer.

Ok thanks im pretty sure the water round here is ok so ill do as you say and suck it and see.

As for the bath tap i have no idea where it comes from so to be on the safe side ill fill my 10 ltr bucket with water and carry it upstairs and just make 2 trips.

[sparky Paul]

Ok thanks im pretty sure the water round here is ok so ill do as you say and suck it and see.

As for the bath tap i have no idea where it comes from so to be on the safe side ill fill my 10 ltr bucket with water and carry it upstairs and just make 2 trips.

I forgot to say, the cold water to your bathroom sink should also be rising main, if that helps. If your bath is fed from a tank, you may notice that the pressure is lower than other cold taps in the house, similar in fact to your hot taps.

I always bottle directly from the fermenter, I find it easier than using a bottling bucket, and with a little care no sediment is transferred over. You can't add priming sugars to the fermenter, but I prime the bottles directly with a small funnel and dry sugar. All very simple, but it works.