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by chocko
Sunday Aug 28, 2011 8:57 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Extremely dry beer
Replies: 12
Views: 12713

Re: Extremely dry beer

The beer is stored in a large cupboard in the same room as the fermenter under the house at a steady 16 deg. no sunlight at all.
I have only used the same spring water for my brew as i live in adelaide and our reputation for really bad water is well deserved. I might try using a water filter for tap ...
by chocko
Sunday Aug 28, 2011 3:43 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Extremely dry beer
Replies: 12
Views: 12713

Re: Extremely dry beer

Hi all, thanks for all of the replies .
All of my stubbies are brand new picked from a freshly opened pallet and put into boxes for storage.
My first brew i only sanitised the bottles but after that all bottles were washed with pink brewers detergent and sanitised imediately prior to use using a ...
by chocko
Saturday Aug 27, 2011 7:15 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Extremely dry beer
Replies: 12
Views: 12713

Extremely dry beer

Hi all
I am having a bit of a problem with some of my bottles of beer being extremely dry to the point of being undrinkable.
I have done 8 different brews using saflagaS23 due to the current temperature and i have been using Coopers drops , one per stubbie , i am finding each bottle from the same ...
by chocko
Monday Jun 27, 2011 4:25 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Beer
Replies: 7
Views: 7505

Re: Beer

Thanks Oliver
Just to clarify , soon after emptying the fermenter you started another brew straight onto the old yeast without adding any new yeast ? Does the yeast cake need to be stirred into the new brew or left on the bottom?
So if i had done a cervesa first with hops i could have done a teds ...
by chocko
Monday Jun 27, 2011 9:06 am
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Beer
Replies: 7
Views: 7505

Re: Beer

Hi Paul
Thanks for the information, that has explained quite a bit, but there is a hell of a lot to learn, like you said read read read.
Cheers chocko
by chocko
Sunday Jun 26, 2011 12:55 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Beer
Replies: 7
Views: 7505

Beer

Hi all
I am new to brewing and have only just put down a Teds using saflager s23, the temperature is a stable 16 degrees,it has been brewing for 5 days now and is still burping every 10 seconds, how long should it take to stop brewing. A bit like how long is a piece of string i suppose.
How does the ...