Tom Caxton Kit

[blankfrank]

I put two kits on on Sunday

1. Milestone Olde Home Wrecker; going fine exactly as I would expect (1/4" sediment regular release through air lock) will rack in next day or so to complete fermantation.

2. Tom Caxton Real Ale kit with 1/2 the hop sachet, 500g light DSM, 500g medium DSM, 125g Body Brew and Safeale beer yeast. I'm not saying I've got a problem but fermentation is progressive to say the least already 1/2" sediment on the bottom of the FV which is visibly disturbed by the fermentation process (blobs rising a bit like a lava lamp) enough release through the airlock to play a woodwind instrument etc. Because I used all DSM and not sugar I was expecting a slower process which is why I opted for the safeale.....comments or recommendations would be appreciated?

Cheers

(a very blank frank)

Drinking
Milestone Black Pearl

Conditioning
Munton's Smuggler's

FV.1 Milestone Olde Home Wrecker

FV.2 Tom Caxton Real Ale Kit

[PMH0810]

Both sound fine to me - in their individual way. Which safale did you use? S04 I find always settles to a blancmange-like sludge when it finishes so you may not have anything to worry about

[blankfrank]

Thanks for the reassurance, it was S04, got home tonight and still going strong, I think I might rack into another FV tomorrow and get it off all that dead yeast!

[rollin danny]

Dont panic! If its only been in the f.v since sunday It will still be fermenting, just leave it and let it do its thing.Take a reading when activity has stopped.

[PMH0810]

In that brewcupboard fermentation has never taken longer than 18 hours, usually giving at least an inch thick krausen within 12 hours.

If it hasn't kicked off in 18 hours in that cupboard, experience says it won't.

Smells fantastic now though!