Reading the section on bottling in GW home Brew book, he suggests never to bottle straight from the fv. cask first venting now and again, then bottle when the brew would normally be ready for drinking.
do any members follow this practise?
and if so, would you prime normally at the fv to cask/barrel stage?
Does anybody cask and vent before bottling
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lancsSteve
Re: Does anybody cask and vent before bottling
I do - the one time I didn't I got really sulphury bottles.
I prime for bottling - either adding it into the secondary/cask or being slack and using carbonation drops direct in the bottles.
I prime for bottling - either adding it into the secondary/cask or being slack and using carbonation drops direct in the bottles.
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OldConkerwood
Re: Does anybody cask and vent before bottling
Cheers Steve, I'll try this on my next batch.
Barnie.
Barnie.
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duffymoon
Re: Does anybody cask and vent before bottling
i've done a few this way, putting half the normal priming sugar in the keg & half when bottling - works really well for stout & ale, but will bottle direct from the FV for lagers in future. found that they stayed too flat in the bottles even with the extra sugar.
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staplefordbill
Re: Does anybody cask and vent before bottling
I have a Better Bottle (capacity about 23 litres) and rack the beer from the primary FV a few days after fermentation's finished. I leave the beer in the Better Bottle for up to 2 weeks I fit an airlock in the BB to avoid build up of pressure during secondary fermentation.
After 2 weeks I syphon to a bottling bucket fitted with a Little Bottler. I add the priming solution (sugar dissolved in around 250ml of boiled water), slowly syphon the beer into the bucket which will mix up the sugar fairly evenly. Then I transfer to bottles.
Leaving the beer to mature in this way reduces the amount of yeast sediment in bottles and hopefully improves the flavour.
After 2 weeks I syphon to a bottling bucket fitted with a Little Bottler. I add the priming solution (sugar dissolved in around 250ml of boiled water), slowly syphon the beer into the bucket which will mix up the sugar fairly evenly. Then I transfer to bottles.
Leaving the beer to mature in this way reduces the amount of yeast sediment in bottles and hopefully improves the flavour.
Last edited by staplefordbill on Wed Dec 01, 2010 12:45 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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richc
Re: Does anybody cask and vent before bottling
I hadn't heard that version before but is seems pretty close to two other techniques, one of which I use.
Firstly transferring the finished beer to an additional vessel before adding priming sugar in bulk and priming. I find this makes ensuring the priming sugar is mixed in well much easier.
Secondly if you want to carbonate with CO2 pressure rather than by priming you can carbonate in a keg then transfer the carbonated beer to a bottle and quicky seal it.
Firstly transferring the finished beer to an additional vessel before adding priming sugar in bulk and priming. I find this makes ensuring the priming sugar is mixed in well much easier.
Secondly if you want to carbonate with CO2 pressure rather than by priming you can carbonate in a keg then transfer the carbonated beer to a bottle and quicky seal it.