Home brewing kits ....

Phil W said:
I've just brewed a batch Woodfordes Wherry. It's been a week in the fermenting vessel and I've just siphoned it into a pressure barrel. It was cloudy but no crud went in with it, which is good :D

It was added to 100g of brewing sugar as per instructions.

How long should I now wait before checking it out? Instructions say 2-8 weeks depending on conditions but that's a rather large time scale. Is it just a case of opening the tap and pouring some into a glass to check cloudiness?
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Probably drinkable after a couple of weeks, but the more you leave it the better it will get as said by others.
 
Coopers Premium kit, Pilsner. By far the best kit I have tried for a lager. Especially good brewed at 13 degrees if you can, 3 weeks in the fermenter. Euro lager second if done at 13 degrees and left for 12 weeks for secondary conditioning :)
 
Because of this thread: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18568300, I need to get rid of my brewing equipment. So, I thought I'd offer it in here.

I have:

1 big Burco Boiler
1 Coolbox Mash Tun
3 Glass 1 Gallon Carboys.

Happy to give this stuff away to someone who'll use it. Ideally Glasgow based, but I suppose I could see about posting some of it.

Anyone need any brewing equipment?
 
Congrats and best luck Ahleckz.

The posts from you and The_Blue were the ones that really get us thinking we could make the jump to all grain in the first place.

Well I think me and MrsS might struggle to get to Glasgow (although it would be great to meet you in person), but we might be interested in the mash tun.
Would have to know how much shipping would be to pay you that.

Edit. I might have lost track of this one, but was the boiler a coin flip between you and another forum member? If so, might be good to see if they still want it?
 
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There might be enough residual fermentable malt to gradually carbonate it, but generally you will want to prime the bottles with a small amount of sugar/brewing/malt for more carbon dioxide to be produced and dissolve in the beer.
If you are just pouring it from the barrel tap that's been used to already serve it, try and make sure you have sanitized the tap as much as possible.


Gilly, this is why we haven't been able to send you a Wherry yet. We will do. We're starting another brew using it this week sometime when we get a free evening, so it will still be a few weeks. Got a different one for you already though.
 
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Time to get my homebrew stuff out of the shed me thinks :)

Any recommendations on a beer to brew? (I like a nice hoppy beer)

I've done the coopers lager and it turned out ok.
 
Make some turbo cider, Tesco have 4L of apple juice for 85p or every day pure apple juice at 16pL!

Should have mentioned this last week but as far as I know it's still available, the every day stuff has a shelf price of 35p but it's going through at 16p in some stores.
 
Vaglin said:
Any recommendations on a beer to brew? (I like a nice hoppy beer)
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If you're after a hoppy kit I'd recommend something from Festival; either the Golden Stag or the Razorback. Both are very nice and hoppy but if you go with the Razorback, only use half of the supplied priming sugar otherwise it's far too lively for that style, or any style :) They're premium kits with everything you need in the box and are a bit more expensive but the quality of the finished product is worth it.
 
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