Recent content by jez1981sil

I have bottled mine up now, looks good but a bit of sediment at the bottom of the bottles. My fermentation bin hasn't got an airlock, it is essentially a bucket with a lid! Am I using the wrong thing?!

Thanks for the advice, I will put it next to the radiator on a mat and see how it goes. I'm in Stratford Upon Avon in Warwickshire.

I'm in the UK too. My kitchen floor is tiled so probably having the same problem. It's probably dropping to 15 degrees at night and hitting 30 when we are cooking. My grandad had a glass heating element but it doesn't seem to have clear controls, so I was reluctant to use it. I have a local...

Thanks guys, I am happy to wait and get the ale right. I was more concerned that leaving it fermenting too long would ruin it. Will give it another week or so and check it again. Think I will use a keg next time, took me all of Sunday to sterilise the bottles.

Did you mean 3 to 7 days? The packet said 14 days once put in the bottles with sugar.

Thanks, The packet said 18-20 degrees Celsius. It was stored in my kitchen and will probably have fluctuated around those figures. Can you put the hydrometer directly into the fermentation bin or do you have to syphon some off into the tube?

Hi, I am currently having a go at brewing my first ale having inherited all of my grandfathers brewing equipment. I am using a kit called 'Woodforde's sundew ale'. I have followed the instructions so far and I am about to bottle the beer. The recipe tells me that it should take 4-6 days to...