Hi all i'm new to the forum.
I bought all the kit 25 litre bin, hydrometer, pressure barrel, airlock, syphon tube etc and I've done my first brew (youngs harvest lager, empty can add water and sugar).
Fermented for 7 days, transferred to barrel and added sugar, secondary fermentation for 4 days and now out in the shed where it will stay for around 1 month before i try it.
The thing is i want to try a real brew like i've been reading on the forums, boiling, mashing an preparing it myself instead of just pouring in a can etc.
Is there a dummy guide to all the lingo (it's all lost on me) and guide?
I want to prepare my own brew from scratch and have a few questions.
I'll use brewimng sugar for my next one, apart from that could someone explain to me what all the stuff is for in comparison to the can i used.
I've been looking at DME, brewing sugar, spraymalt, rice, beer finings and beer improver (i think that's what it's called) and where do i get good quality yeast as i hear the little packet i got with the can aint very good?
This forum seems very good and i'm sure people will help me along.
Could someone also point me in the direction of a good but quite forgiving recipe for a brew until i get a bit better at all this?
Thanks for any help.
Ian
I bought all the kit 25 litre bin, hydrometer, pressure barrel, airlock, syphon tube etc and I've done my first brew (youngs harvest lager, empty can add water and sugar).
Fermented for 7 days, transferred to barrel and added sugar, secondary fermentation for 4 days and now out in the shed where it will stay for around 1 month before i try it.
The thing is i want to try a real brew like i've been reading on the forums, boiling, mashing an preparing it myself instead of just pouring in a can etc.
Is there a dummy guide to all the lingo (it's all lost on me) and guide?
I want to prepare my own brew from scratch and have a few questions.
I'll use brewimng sugar for my next one, apart from that could someone explain to me what all the stuff is for in comparison to the can i used.
I've been looking at DME, brewing sugar, spraymalt, rice, beer finings and beer improver (i think that's what it's called) and where do i get good quality yeast as i hear the little packet i got with the can aint very good?
This forum seems very good and i'm sure people will help me along.
Could someone also point me in the direction of a good but quite forgiving recipe for a brew until i get a bit better at all this?
Thanks for any help.
Ian