first taste

pongobilly · Post by **pongobilly** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:51 pm

when is the best time ti first sample your brew, mines been in 5 days now, now stuck on 1020, waiting to rack to second fermenter, but i want to know if it tastes any good

maxashton · Post by **maxashton** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:55 pm

Why not taste some anyway since your syphoning?
good to know the difference of tastes at different stages!

(any excuse)

pongobilly · Post by **pongobilly** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:58 pm

well its stuck on 1020 for the last two days and the kit rcommends 1014fg, when can i put it to second fermenter

tubby_shaw · Post by **tubby_shaw** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:06 pm

pongobilly wrote:well its stuck on 1020 for the last two days and the kit rcommends 1014fg, when can i put it to second fermenter

Put it in now.
The action of transfering it may well restart fermentation

Oh and drink some now just to reassure yourself that everything is ok.
Let us know how it tastes

oxford brewer · Post by **oxford brewer** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:36 pm

Siphon into secondary now,have a little taste and leave it for a couple of weeks.It may not drop in gravity terms much but it will help the beer to clear.
The taste will still be yeasty at this stage but will give you an idea of what the finished article is going to be like

pongobilly · Post by **pongobilly** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:39 pm

so if i transfer to secondry now and leave it a couple of weeks, can i then prime and bottle it

oxford brewer · Post by **oxford brewer** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:54 pm

If you are bottling you could leave it for 3 weeks in the secondary,then mix your priming sugar with a little boiled water,place that in your bottling bucket(if you have one) then siphon the beer from the secondary onto the priming mix in the bucket so that it mixes in evenly.If bottling 40 pint bottles it is worth gently stirring the beer in the bucket half way through.

pongobilly · Post by **pongobilly** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:18 pm

woo hoo, just had a taste and im impressed up to now, lets hope it continues to be good

oxford brewer · Post by **oxford brewer** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:34 pm

If its good now it will be better later.After bottling leave the bottles at room temp for a week then put some place cooler for a few more weeks(if you can

)to condition,then

pongobilly · Post by **pongobilly** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:37 pm

how cool does it have to be after the week in bottles, i read about 13deg but its hard to find anywhere that temp really, i dont have a garage, just a shed which gets warm sometimes???

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