Recent content by Billy365

This the same/similar technique I follow when bottling Champenoises. I'm pretty sure my yeast is still alive when I bottle my Stouts/Porters and I prime with 3.35g/L sucrose (caster sugar) dissolved in boiling water (then cooled) to batch prime. This should give me 1.7Vol CO2 and does with most...

Interesting but why does the higher finishing FG effect natural carbonation time? I'm waiting months to years and still the Stouts are only minimally carbonating during the secondary fermentation. Please could you explain what 70/30 beer gas is?

My question to all you brewers out there is why is it so difficult to condition my Stouts & Porters. I batch prime them in exactly the way as my other beers (bitters, special bitters, old ales, braggots, barley wines, IPA's, Belgium triples etc) Year after year my Stouts and Porters fail to...

I have read several members threads concerning carbonating champagnes. I wish to add to this discussion and share what I know or think I know so far. I have been making Champenoises for 4 years now so I don't claim to be an expert. Firstly it is important not to follow the wine kit instructions...

No Air-con available. You must live in the US? I have 400+ bottles so it's quite a lot of work to move them. They are all on the garage wall shelves. I've only had one (fingers crossed I'm not speaking too soon) bottle bomb in 7 years but it was one too many. Makes such a mess. The glass goes...

Thanks for your reply. I don't have Aircon and anyway the wife wouldn't approve! Nice thought though. I'm not so sure you are correct about the bottles. I am very careful about waiting for the end of fermentation and batch priming 3.04g/L but the temperature is a variable. Bottling at 12C...

Like many other members I have a large number of maturing beer bottles in my garage. Approx 400. At the moment they are covered with wet tea towels to try to keep them reasonably cool. I have also set up a couple of house fans to help with the process of latent heat of evaporation. Next week I...