ianphllips2347
Member
Hello guys.
I've just finished the first few steps in my very first home brewing attempt and along the way I have a few worries and questions.
After mixing the lager malt, 1kg of sugar and 4 pints of slightly cooled boiling water into the fermenting bucket I then, as advised by the instructions, filled my fermenting bucket upto 23 litres with cold water - only problem is I thought this was too cold so added a few more litres of boiling water to raise the temp (so now its upto 28 litres) I then added the yeast sachet. Is having these extra litres going to have an adverse effect?
Its been in the fermenting bucket for a couple of hours now and doesnt really seem to be doing anything - some bubbles are appearing but very, very few indeed, is this normal?
Finally, how long generally is the mixture to be kept in the fermenting bucket before being bottled (and how long then generally is it kept in the bottle before you can drink it?)
Thanks in advanced for any help and suggestion.
P.S. do you think, baring in mind the couple of issues I've had, just binning this batch and buying a new tub and trying again or stick with this and see how it goes?
I've just finished the first few steps in my very first home brewing attempt and along the way I have a few worries and questions.
After mixing the lager malt, 1kg of sugar and 4 pints of slightly cooled boiling water into the fermenting bucket I then, as advised by the instructions, filled my fermenting bucket upto 23 litres with cold water - only problem is I thought this was too cold so added a few more litres of boiling water to raise the temp (so now its upto 28 litres) I then added the yeast sachet. Is having these extra litres going to have an adverse effect?
Its been in the fermenting bucket for a couple of hours now and doesnt really seem to be doing anything - some bubbles are appearing but very, very few indeed, is this normal?
Finally, how long generally is the mixture to be kept in the fermenting bucket before being bottled (and how long then generally is it kept in the bottle before you can drink it?)
Thanks in advanced for any help and suggestion.
P.S. do you think, baring in mind the couple of issues I've had, just binning this batch and buying a new tub and trying again or stick with this and see how it goes?