Recent content by gdavidson78

Thanks to all the folks who gave me advice. I cracked open my first bottle of my latest batch and way hey plenty of fizz. :-)

Perfect. Thanks

Would you mind giving me a very basic overview of what you would recommen with regards to timescales etc. I have a basic kit, fermenter & plastic bottles.

Ok. So I should be storing at roomish temp then not cold/cool??

That's weird the instructions say. Bottle warm place for 2 days then cool place for 2 weeks??

Ok. That makes sense. Does that have a good effect or bad effect on the final fizz. Also is there a good amount of time I should store in a cool place for the second stage. Also after I have waited this amount of time should I bring it back to room temp prior to chilling and drinking or does...

Is that a good thing or just one of this things that inevitably happens??

Sorry mate, not much of what you said makes much sense. I probably not as advanced as a novice yet!!

Ok excuse my ignorance. The fizzing up happened when adding the priming sugar prior to capping. So I syphoned from the fermenter to the bottles then once done added the sugar capped and it's now sitting in a room at around 21c.

I see, I have seen those gravity fed systems. No, it's definately a lager. Its just an off the shelf kit, can of ingredients separate yeast and that's it. Have you brewed one? As I said I am a compete novice. I basically follow the instructions on ye can, but the first one wasnt that fizzy...

Damn that predictable texting!!

Hi, when you say bottling bucket. Do you mean fermenter? Or is there a third stage of bottling that I am missing? So you syphilis from fermenter to a bucket, then add the required amount I sugar as per the link you sent, then bottle?

Hi, when you say priming sugar. Can I assume you mean second stage, when bottling?? If so the packet suggests 0.5 teaspoon per pint so I am doing 0.5 per 500ml bottle

I have just bottled my second lager, muntons continental lager. I found my first lager to be a little flat I.e. not fizzy from the bottle. Can anyone give me any tips to make it fizzier??