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thats awesome, i have to rely on the small s30 valve standard bottles and hope my local landlord gets me a an extra bottle now and then 
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thats awesome, i have to rely on the small s30 valve standard bottles and hope my local landlord gets me a an extra bottle now and then
try e bay m8
Another 2 weeks of conditioning and my coopers pils is amazing compared to the drink I tried 2 weeks ago. 2 weeks ago it was a disaster, today the 2 I have had so far have been lovely. Today would have been 57 days since I bottled, so another example where I really should just leave it for 2 months
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lol only takes me 3 weeks 2 days to brew and drink though cornie kegs
love it
love it
have heard some people use the following
carbonate the bottles in the normal way
when reaching the amount of fizz you are after place the bottles in near boiling water to kill the yeast ( about 30 mins)
should leave the brew fizzy but with no active yeast
not tried it myself yet
have several galloms of blackberry n elderberry wines on the go now
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Just received my couple of kits to get brewing for Christmas. Decided to go with a cider alongside an ale this year. Never tried cider before, so hoping for a good result.
Now I need to clean out my fermenter tonight. Not looking forward to that as it's been sitting with the dregs of the last brew along with a yeast cake for, let's just say "far too long".
Now I need to clean out my fermenter tonight. Not looking forward to that as it's been sitting with the dregs of the last brew along with a yeast cake for, let's just say "far too long".
I don't understand the question. You seem to want to carbonate the bottles so you can crack one open and have fizzy beer straight away but you don't want the carbonation to be done yeast. Without somehow forcing C02 into your bottle after killing the yeast I'm struggling to think how you're going to carbonate it.
The best way to kill yeast would be with camden tabs though, I think.
Just received my couple of kits to get brewing for Christmas. Decided to go with a cider alongside an ale this year. Never tried cider before, so hoping for a good result.
Now I need to clean out my fermenter tonight. Not looking forward to that as it's been sitting with the dregs of the last brew along with a yeast cake for, let's just say "far too long".
I have 10 gallons of brew sitting in '100th conditioning' for a very long time. I don't brew (I should say, I didn't as I Haven't brewed in ages) in clear FVs so no idea what it looks like!
We're speaking 18+ months.Trying root beer again. So I want to back sweeten it. Which means killing the yeast.
Gone for some yeast killing chemical, finings to clear it up an carbonation drops.
Basically a tablet you drop in an close the bottle, it dissolves arpnd gives the fizz. However designed for carbonating beer and I want it carbonated like fizzy drinks. But we will see how it goes.
Gone for some yeast killing chemical, finings to clear it up an carbonation drops.
Basically a tablet you drop in an close the bottle, it dissolves arpnd gives the fizz. However designed for carbonating beer and I want it carbonated like fizzy drinks. But we will see how it goes.
Back sweeten with nonfermentable sugar, and then carbonate with yeast. People have had good success with Splenda, I used milk sugar once but it didn't have a notable effect on the taste.
Carbonation drops, the Coopers ones? Pretty sure they are just balls of sugar that the yeast eats. So they won't work if you've killed the majority of the yeast.
I can't think of a way you're going to be able to naturally carbonate without yeast, in fact I don't think it's possible. If you don't want to use nonfermentable sugars to backsweeten then you're going to have to look at introducing C02 from an outside source.
Carbonation drops, the Coopers ones? Pretty sure they are just balls of sugar that the yeast eats. So they won't work if you've killed the majority of the yeast.
I can't think of a way you're going to be able to naturally carbonate without yeast, in fact I don't think it's possible. If you don't want to use nonfermentable sugars to backsweeten then you're going to have to look at introducing C02 from an outside source.
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From what I've read, people tend to force carbonate in a cornelius keg. A soda stream leaks too much liquid and would work out very expensive for a 23 litre batch.
Awesome. I got a gallon of blackberry and a gallon of elderberry on the go last weekend. I'm just scrabbling round for enough blackberries to get a second gallon of blackberry on. The crop has been really poor down here this year.have several galloms of blackberry n elderberry wines on the go now
Don't bother with all that. Just brew it to the strength you want it and keep it in the fridge like I did. If you start it in a demijohn, just do 4 litres and transfer it to two 2-litre PET bottles. I'm sure if you dropped in 0.5 teaspoon of potassium sorbate per 2-litre bottle and gently dissolved it, you wouldn't lose any fizz anyway. It will clear by itself. Just leave it alone and be patient.
You don't need to back-sweeten it. Just put too much sugar in to start with and don't brew it all the way out so it stays sweet. Put it in the fridge to halt (not kill) the yeast, it drops to the bottom, you drink. Simples
I think I used 100g per litre for root beer, let it brew for 48 hrs to really fizz up and stick it in the fridge.
But like I said, if you put sorbate in at the 48 hour point, it would kill all the yeast and you wouldn't lose your fizz as long as you just let it dissolve and didn't shake it up. But you don't have to if it's in the fridge.
I think I used 100g per litre for root beer, let it brew for 48 hrs to really fizz up and stick it in the fridge.
But like I said, if you put sorbate in at the 48 hour point, it would kill all the yeast and you wouldn't lose your fizz as long as you just let it dissolve and didn't shake it up. But you don't have to if it's in the fridge.
fridge to stop yeast, isn't really a good option, ill have to much off it to store like that.
ill give it a another go, I must get it right eventually.
went to the shop today and bloody forgot the kilos and kilos of sugar
ill give it a another go, I must get it right eventually.
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went to the shop today and bloody forgot the kilos and kilos of sugar
Omg this yeast is mental.
Put it on 4 hours ago, just checked it and both demijohns, had yeast all down the side, all overflowed somehow. Cleaned the air locks up and put it back together, bubbling nicely now.
I did forgot to get gravity though. But got two more to put on when I get up. 1 is brewers sugar and the other 3 are just granulated sugar, all 1kilo to 1 gallon.
Put it on 4 hours ago, just checked it and both demijohns, had yeast all down the side, all overflowed somehow. Cleaned the air locks up and put it back together, bubbling nicely now.
I did forgot to get gravity though
. But got two more to put on when I get up. 1 is brewers sugar and the other 3 are just granulated sugar, all 1kilo to 1 gallon.