my tight brother

[xtownerx]

hello hope you are all well

for xmas my brother asked wot i wanted . i said a homebrew kit had been thinking about it for a few month as i was told homebrew had come along way over the years . christmas day arrived and you quessed it cheapest homebrew kit on the market brupaks the brewbox ( great ) anyway instead of the normal pint done the pub with family pre dinner desided to start straight away long story short all went well but i have a consurn over the fermentation first day a bubble every 10 / 15 seconds now down to a bubble every 30 / 40 in the kit was told fermentation will stop in about 10 days rember this is a cheap kit no hydrometor . brew is being kept at 20/18 c and if this helps it a bavarian pilsner with bottom fermenting yeast. any help will be great . cheers... ps its now day 5

[b.all]

you'll be fine, don't neccessarily expect it to be bubbling away madly. That temperature is possibly a bit high for the lager yeast they supply with the kit. I believe it's more in the range 12-15 that you want. that gives a slower fermentation but a cleaner taste which is what you want for a lager. any off tastes from too fast a fermentation would be very noticeable.

[xtownerx]

thanks for that ill try to lower it slowly .... also while im here is this type of brew ok to go into a 2lt demi john when fermenting has finished.... i no most of you will be rolling eyes but i promise the next newbie to ask a dumb q ill anwser it

[floydmeddler]

When it's finished fermenting you'll want to bottle it. You'll also need to add sugar to each bottle to create the fizz (co2)

You can use 2L pop bottles; basically any bottle that has housed fizzy drinks will do.

[TC2642]

You may want to leave it a couple of days after initial fermentation to give it a diacetyl rest. (I'm not sure if this is a major problem in kit lagers and I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong) just to be on the safe side.

[xtownerx]

thanks ill let you no how i get on

[sidneybigbrew]

i read this thread with interest as i bought the bro in law this exact same kit if you could let me know how things went it would be great any tips and hints would be great

[xtownerx]

will do sid ....day 7 was going to invest lol in a hydrometor but im going to do this first kit as the instruction state with basic gear arfter finding out this brew like to ferment at 12.15 c have moved it to spare room rad turned off and window slightly open

[sidneybigbrew]

thats all i do i dont even open window and i get a steady 15c and ive brewed some very good lager this temp..