First kit started - bottled - more pics

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stevezx7r

Post by stevezx7r » Wed Mar 05, 2008 8:41 am

Is it just my eyes or are those bottles only half full? Also, did you give the FV a bit of a stir to move some yeast into the beer as DaaB suggested - without this you may not get any carbonation.

Good pics btw :wink:
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ChrisG

Post by ChrisG » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:59 am

stevezx7r wrote:Is it just my eyes or are those bottles only half full? Also, did you give the FV a bit of a stir to move some yeast into the beer as DaaB suggested - without this you may not get any carbonation.

Good pics btw :wink:
I didnt fill them too much and yes I did stir the bin, it was a lot more cloudy.
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Martin the fish

Post by Martin the fish » Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:43 am

You should really fill them to about an inch from the top.

Sorry to be the bringer of bad news and all that.
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ChrisG

Post by ChrisG » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:03 pm

Martin the fish wrote:You should really fill them to about an inch from the top.

Sorry to be the bringer of bad news and all that.
ahh well you live and learn, it'll still taste good and should carbonate well. So i'm not worried.
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fivetide

Post by fivetide » Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:44 pm

Very impressive raft of bottles.

I'd be interested to know how the carbonation works with that 'headroom'.

Bet you smiled to yourself once you finished that little lot.
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ChrisG

Post by ChrisG » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:37 am

fivetide wrote:Very impressive raft of bottles.

I'd be interested to know how the carbonation works with that 'headroom'.

Bet you smiled to yourself once you finished that little lot.
Interesting enough the bottles are quite soild already and thats after two days. Correct amount of sugar too.
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ChrisG

Post by ChrisG » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:38 am

fivetide wrote: Bet you smiled to yourself once you finished that little lot.
Yeah I sure did, so did the wife and the father in law! ;)
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ChrisG

Post by ChrisG » Sun Mar 09, 2008 5:17 pm

After 5 days in the warmth I moved the bottles out to the dark garage.

Gave in......and tried one of the smallest 500ml bottles and was it good? hell yeah!!! Gave off a nice fizzing sound when I opened the bottle.

Really pleasant taste and a classic Scottish Heavy flavour.

Down points only very minor, could do with a bit more fizz, not too much more and left a bit longer as it wasn't fully clear.

Overall, I'm well chuffed at my first brew! Excellent!!!

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baldyjason

Post by baldyjason » Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:29 pm

give them about 3 or 4 weeks in the cold then try another you will b surprised by the diffrence :D
if you think it was nice when you tried that one think what they will taste like when there all growed up :lol:
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