w1dow
Well-Known Member
Hi,
Totally new to all this brewing lark but thought i'd give it a try seen as i got given some equipment for nothing, so thought,.. well i got nothing to lose.
Decided to buy... ok wait for it.. a shop bought kit i know probably not the best way but like i said new to this so thought i'd start small.
I bought the youngs brewbuddy cider kit for 40 pints of 5% or 32 pints of 7% so i went for the latter
The equipent i'm using is:
fermenting bucket
pressure barrel
thermometer
hydrometer
just the basics. According to the intructions which i have followed so far to the letter it needs 7 days maybe a few more for the strong recipe. So now 10 days into fermenting the SG is around 1.002 it says that it will be ready at 998?
It started off smelling quite nice, like cider should, it now smells rank!! is this normal?
Also 7 days doesnt sound very long for this process, in fact from start to finsih it states around 3 weeks till ready for drinking??? surly this cant be right?
temp is currently at 24c and stays around this temp all the time. I didnt realise i should have taken the SG before adding the yeast as the instructions dont say to
Just wondering if someone could shed some light on what i should be doing or even what i should have done.
cheers
rob
Totally new to all this brewing lark but thought i'd give it a try seen as i got given some equipment for nothing, so thought,.. well i got nothing to lose.
Decided to buy... ok wait for it.. a shop bought kit i know probably not the best way but like i said new to this so thought i'd start small.
I bought the youngs brewbuddy cider kit for 40 pints of 5% or 32 pints of 7% so i went for the latter
The equipent i'm using is:
fermenting bucket
pressure barrel
thermometer
hydrometer
just the basics. According to the intructions which i have followed so far to the letter it needs 7 days maybe a few more for the strong recipe. So now 10 days into fermenting the SG is around 1.002 it says that it will be ready at 998?
It started off smelling quite nice, like cider should, it now smells rank!! is this normal?
Also 7 days doesnt sound very long for this process, in fact from start to finsih it states around 3 weeks till ready for drinking??? surly this cant be right?
temp is currently at 24c and stays around this temp all the time. I didnt realise i should have taken the SG before adding the yeast as the instructions dont say to
Just wondering if someone could shed some light on what i should be doing or even what i should have done.
cheers
rob