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by pdear
Sunday Aug 02, 2009 4:51 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Is this reading too high to bottle?
Replies: 13
Views: 11404

Re: Is this reading too high to bottle?

and what temperature should i be storing them at and for how long before drinking?
by pdear
Sunday Aug 02, 2009 4:32 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Is this reading too high to bottle?
Replies: 13
Views: 11404

Re: Is this reading too high to bottle?

hey
have been very patient and waited, fined it and am now bottling my first brew!
am using carbo drops, do i need to shake bottle to dissolve the drops or will they dissolve of their own accord?
by pdear
Tuesday Jul 28, 2009 8:36 am
Forum: Making beer
Topic: slimyish white sediment??
Replies: 14
Views: 15909

Re: slimyish white sediment??

hey

im brewing a munich lager - one of the tinned home brew kits (forgive me, its my first one), so the yeast im using is the one that came with it.

my home brew shop wasn't particularly helpful and i took their word, so subsequently did no research of my own, and so don't have an original gravity ...
by pdear
Monday Jul 27, 2009 7:54 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: Is this reading too high to bottle?
Replies: 13
Views: 11404

Re: Is this reading too high to bottle?

the home brew shop near me wants me to wait until my brew drops below 1.008 before i bottle, yet it has had a consistent reading of 1.014 over the last 3 days.

the hbs told me to give it a little stir, which i have done, and now there is some more airlock activity.

is it safe to add finings and ...
by pdear
Monday Jul 27, 2009 5:56 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: slimyish white sediment??
Replies: 14
Views: 15909

Re: slimyish white sediment??

cheers guys, all sound advice that i will follow!

the home brew shop near me wants me to wait until my brew drops below 1.008 before i bottle, yet it has had a consistent reading of 1.014 over the last 3 days. is it safe to add finings and then bottle a few days later, or should i be waiting until ...
by pdear
Sunday Jul 26, 2009 5:48 pm
Forum: Making beer
Topic: slimyish white sediment??
Replies: 14
Views: 15909

Re: slimyish white sediment??

hey guys,

very new to home brewing, got my first one on at the mo. got about 5 days until i want to add my finings, so bottling is just over a week away. i'm just slightly concerned as to the amount of sediment that seems to have collected at the bottom of my fermenter. my understanding is that the ...