Recent content by Porternz

Cheers for the advice Revvy. Dan

Temp is about 21deg celsius in cabinet.... Im in New Zealand and the temp here is not consistent enough not to have pad on... hence we need to use an insulated cabinet.

Hey Team I put down a lager on Saturday and placed it in our heated cabnet which has allways worked fine, however it only works with the help of electricity which i managed to leave switched off for the last two days... there is now no activity being shown in the airlock. I have switched the...

Bock beer by Muntons, ive managed to lose the label.

Hey Team I normally prime all my bottles one by one with suger tablets.... this has allways worked fine, however i am reading more and more about priming before bottling which i am keen to try. the question is how much suger to put in? and what kind of suger is best? I have 23ltrs ready to...

Thanks very much team. beaut info on the time factor.... I reckon i might leave this one to sit in the primary fermentor for another two weeks and see how i get on, and give the secondery gig a go with the next one. Thanks again. Dan

Cheers Mate. Ill let you know how i get on.

Thanks very much for the advice. How long would you recomend leaving the brew in the second fermenter? Ive only ever done single stage brewing and normally bottle after a week or at 1008.

I have been advised to do a two stage fermentation with my latest brew which is in primary fermentation (2 Days) at present. I have a second fermenter ready but it is plastic will that be suitable for the second stage? Cheers Dan.