I really want to purge the thing too, no idea what's happened to that valve.
Brew Number Two : Whippin' Woodforde Woes with Great Eastern
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fivetide
The barrel had built up significant pressure today, so I vented all the gas in an attempt to purge any O2. This took over a minute and hopefully included all the oxygen in there.
I'll make sure the keg doesn't get moved in any way now so that a new CO2 blanket can build up over the next five days before I move it to the relative cool of the shed. Hope that sounds like a good move (too late now!)
I'll make sure the keg doesn't get moved in any way now so that a new CO2 blanket can build up over the next five days before I move it to the relative cool of the shed. Hope that sounds like a good move (too late now!)
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Despite all the worry about aeration during bottling/kegging I'm sceptical about how much of a problem it really is. I mean, you're basically adding sugar so the yeast will spring back into life and fairly quickly convert any oxygen they can get hold of into CO2 anyway.fivetide wrote:The barrel had built up significant pressure today, so I vented all the gas in an attempt to purge any O2. This took over a minute and hopefully included all the oxygen in there.
I suspect the yeast mop up any oxygen before it can affect the beer too much. I'll have to experiment with a couple of bottles actually when I next bottle to see if I can tell the difference with a deliberately oxygenated one.
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BarryNL
Does that still apply if you're priming with sugar/spray malt, or is it only a problem if you're using a CO2 system for pressurising/carbonation?DaaB wrote:You can be pretty rough when bottling I find but when racking to a keg/barrel you need to be much more carefull.
I can certainly see that if you don't add any sugar then the yeast will not be able to use up the oxygen.
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Well this Great Eastern Cascade is now in the cool of the shed.
Old Jake - you started yours at the same time, how's the conditioning?
I've been more patient with this one than the Wherry. If it's a patch on that I'll be pleased, despite a few problems along the way:
-Put in fermenter - 17th April
-Put into secondary with dry hops 13 days later - 30th April
-Put into keg in warm eight days later - 8th May
-Moved into shed after six days - 14th May
I'll give it a tester in two weeks (28th May) and if all is well will pour off the first pint a week after that (4th June) when I place another order online and remember to get the sparklet adapter thingy.
One day I'll get my CO2 sorted out for the lonely Cornis...
Old Jake - you started yours at the same time, how's the conditioning?
I've been more patient with this one than the Wherry. If it's a patch on that I'll be pleased, despite a few problems along the way:
-Put in fermenter - 17th April
-Put into secondary with dry hops 13 days later - 30th April
-Put into keg in warm eight days later - 8th May
-Moved into shed after six days - 14th May
I'll give it a tester in two weeks (28th May) and if all is well will pour off the first pint a week after that (4th June) when I place another order online and remember to get the sparklet adapter thingy.
One day I'll get my CO2 sorted out for the lonely Cornis...
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Yup, it's lovely. It would be better colder in the sunshine, but the barrel is in the shed which is about 18 degrees now sadly. And I have no fridge to accomodate kegs.
But other than that a real winner which I will do again. Quite hoppy even with just a week with a 1oz cascade hop bag, so I'd recommend less time/weight for the less hoppy headed.
I'm hoping the Midas will prove similarly succesful.
But other than that a real winner which I will do again. Quite hoppy even with just a week with a 1oz cascade hop bag, so I'd recommend less time/weight for the less hoppy headed.
I'm hoping the Midas will prove similarly succesful.
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fivetide
Initially I really liked the idea of a pure malt 3Kg or 3.6Kg kit and didn't mind paying the extra for good results. I suppose it was partly due to misguided memories of old fashioned kits from my youth that needed a lot of added sugar which put me off modern kits that use the same technique. I realise now from many many posts about some of these that they are pretty good these days and my thoughts were probably dated, but there you go.
Secondly, after the initial 'Wherry Worry' my first effort produced such an enjoyable pint, I thought I'd persevere and things have continued to go well.
Lastly of course, I'm an East Anglian boy and I enjoy these hoppy light ales and golden bitters. I hope to be sampling a few of my favourite commercial efforts from Brandon, Earl Soham, Nethergate and Mighty Oak breweries this evening!
Secondly, after the initial 'Wherry Worry' my first effort produced such an enjoyable pint, I thought I'd persevere and things have continued to go well.
Lastly of course, I'm an East Anglian boy and I enjoy these hoppy light ales and golden bitters. I hope to be sampling a few of my favourite commercial efforts from Brandon, Earl Soham, Nethergate and Mighty Oak breweries this evening!
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And there it was gone! I'll miss it.
A brilliant brew, if anyone fancies it. Nice citrus dry hop with lengthy conditioning. Absolutely brilliant, crystal clear tasty summer pints.
Anyway, sad to see it go, here's the last pint with my last pickled egg!
More of both in September I hope
A brilliant brew, if anyone fancies it. Nice citrus dry hop with lengthy conditioning. Absolutely brilliant, crystal clear tasty summer pints.
Anyway, sad to see it go, here's the last pint with my last pickled egg!
More of both in September I hope
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