Recent content by eoinduff

let us know how it goes, i want a fairly strong flavour so Im thinking of leaving in the primary. Won't be brewing for a few weeks just doing some research so I would be interested to hear how yours turns out

sounds like a fancy set up for your primary, do you have anything set up to keep you bottles at the right temp for the secondary fermentation to make it fizzy? Eoin

do you strain out the seeds and orange peel from the wort before you transfer to the primary fermenter or do you just leave it with the wort in the fermenter during primary fermentation? Cheers, Eoin

thanks again lads, I might look into a heat mat to put under the box where I keep them under the stairs. Iv put a few out beside the radiator in the kitchen so will give it 2 weeks and see if that makes a difference, if not i must have killed the yeast somehow when bottling or after the primary...

Thanks lads, do you add fruit/corriander during primary fermentation or what? If you wanted to do a Wit without a kit what would you use with the belgian yeast strains you mentioned above? Cheers, Eoin

Has anyone ever tried to make a belgian style Wit beer by just adding some dried orange and corriander seeds to a cheap extract kit wheat beer or other style beer? I'm considering a bit of experimentation with adding fruit etc but haven't done it before so any advice is more than welcome. I...

Thanks for the replies lads, normally I would only have to wait 2-3 weeks for the carbonation with any other brews I have done. It is winter here so temps in the room where I'm storing could be 2-8 Deg C as I have no heater in that room. I used coopers carbonation drops similar to other brews...

Hi All, I started some homebrew 2 years ago in Dublin and have done about 6 batches now without any issues for the main part but brewed my first batch during the winter in December, the primary fermentation went well as I wrapped the fermenter in towels and foil to insulate and I got about 4%...