I am calling here for all the ingredient suppliers to add more information to the instructions for their recipes. A little more information about temperatures, sanitation and fermentation times and options would go a long way to reducing the "is my beer ruined" threads on all these forums.
The worst seem to be - to ferment for 5-7 days secondary for 7 days and bottle for 7 days. It seems to be rare that this comes out well. Just to sell more kits????
I have to say that I had a slight problem on my first brew. I let my Irish Red Ale get too warm for a day. I caught the temperature problem myself and corrected it, then asked for my options on how to proceed. The consensus was to ferment to the longer times listed and let it bottle condition longer. It turned out very good.
The worst seem to be - to ferment for 5-7 days secondary for 7 days and bottle for 7 days. It seems to be rare that this comes out well. Just to sell more kits????
I have to say that I had a slight problem on my first brew. I let my Irish Red Ale get too warm for a day. I caught the temperature problem myself and corrected it, then asked for my options on how to proceed. The consensus was to ferment to the longer times listed and let it bottle condition longer. It turned out very good.