Hi there,
I have currently picked up my third beer kit, having already had two experience with Cooper's kits. With the Cooper's kits, I kept it simple and followed the instructions. After 7 days, I started checking the gravity, and when it was stable for 2 days, I bottled. I have to say, the resulting beer wasn't too bad.
This time around, I bought a Festa Brew Wheat Beer kit, which is pretty much 23L of wort where all I need to do is pitch the yeast.
Now, I'm not too sure how to proceed. The fermenting vessel I use is the Cooper's one with the valve in the side, which is not airtight. They say it doesn't need to be as there is a layer of CO2 during fermentation that keeps the beer fresh.
Will I get decent results if I just leave it in the primary much like my Cooper's batch and bottle it when the gravity is stable?
I have a secondary fermentation vessel I COULD use, but I've read lots of places that some people don't even bother doing secondary fermentation. I've heard 1-2-3 is the generally accepted way to go about things, so 1 week in primary, 2 in secondary , and 3 in bottles. However, what does the 2 weeks secondary achieve? Is it necessary?
Any thoughts? I like to keep things simple, so any unecessary steps I can eliminate I would.
I have currently picked up my third beer kit, having already had two experience with Cooper's kits. With the Cooper's kits, I kept it simple and followed the instructions. After 7 days, I started checking the gravity, and when it was stable for 2 days, I bottled. I have to say, the resulting beer wasn't too bad.
This time around, I bought a Festa Brew Wheat Beer kit, which is pretty much 23L of wort where all I need to do is pitch the yeast.
Now, I'm not too sure how to proceed. The fermenting vessel I use is the Cooper's one with the valve in the side, which is not airtight. They say it doesn't need to be as there is a layer of CO2 during fermentation that keeps the beer fresh.
Will I get decent results if I just leave it in the primary much like my Cooper's batch and bottle it when the gravity is stable?
I have a secondary fermentation vessel I COULD use, but I've read lots of places that some people don't even bother doing secondary fermentation. I've heard 1-2-3 is the generally accepted way to go about things, so 1 week in primary, 2 in secondary , and 3 in bottles. However, what does the 2 weeks secondary achieve? Is it necessary?
Any thoughts? I like to keep things simple, so any unecessary steps I can eliminate I would.