Hello from England!

[niktheblade]

Hi all,

As I type this, my first boil is rolling, I've gone for a straight forward Extract IPA for my first attempt, its going well so far!

Hopefully I will get the bug and be on here more often!



Nik

 

[CezarRochaNeto]

Hi Nik,
Cheers!! Have yourself another one while it is boiling..
Sanitize.. Sanitize.. Sanitize!! Lol
It will be ok... Post your brewday photos!
Cezar

 

[niktheblade]

Thanks very much!

It seems to be going ok.

I sanitized the heck out of everything before I started, so hopefully everything will be fine!

 

[pointcity-homebrew]

Welcome to the forum and the hobby. Sanitation and temp control are key.

 

[unionrdr]

We have a lot of recipes listed on here as well as answering any questions that you may have.

 

[CezarRochaNeto]

Hey Nik,
I wonder how is your batch going?
Cheers
Cezar

 

[niktheblade]

Hi Cezar,

I think its going well, its been 9 days in the fermenter and looks decent. I had a OG of 1058 and I tested it yesterday and it was at 1025, its still a touch sweet to taste but its starting to taste and smell more like beer. I'm going to dry hop in the next few days when the gravity stabilises. One thing that did worry me is that there has been no airlock activity at all, but it does still seem to be fermenting so its all good.

Fingers crossed!!!

 

[unionrdr]

Could be a leak under the lid or something letting the Co2 out? On the other hand, I've had brews that finished out without a single bubble before. It's all good either way...

 

[Cyclman]

Welcome to the hobby, and the group, from Colorado.

Fermenters can leak, no worries as long as the numbers show it is fermenting.

 

[johnnyrobbo]

Hi I'm new from Rotherham, England. All my equipment is currently on order being made. Hopefully il be in full swing by the beginning of June. One question for you guys, how do you store and control the temperature of you fermenter? Cheers Robbo

 

[Homercidal]

Hi I'm new from Rotherham, England. All my equipment is currently on order being made. Hopefully il be in full swing by the beginning of June. One question for you guys, how do you store and control the temperature of you fermenter? Cheers Robbo

johnny, welcome. This is a great question, and an important question, however it's considered impolite to introduce yourself and ask questions in another person's introduction thread.

If you like, I can copy your question to a new thread, where I'm sure lots of people will respond. There are many ways to control fermentation temps.

1. Swamp Cooler. Take a large tub (plastic is fine) and place your fermentor in the tub. Fill with water almost to the height of the wort inside the fermentor. The water in the tub will buffer temperature changes in teh ambient air. You can place soda bottles filled with frozen water in there twice a day to regulate the temperature somewhat. This is what a lot of people do when they first start regulating fermentation temps. It's cheap and simple (while also somewhat inconvenient.)

2. Temp controlled fridge or feezer. Take a spare, cheap, used fridge or freezer and wire a Johnson, Ranco, or STC-1000 temp controller (TIP: STC-1000 is the cheapest and has dual stage abilities, so it's a great deal...) Plug the fridge/freezer into the cool output, and a heat source such as a light bulb or reptile heater into the heat side. The controller adjusts it's output to keep the temps in range.

There are variations and some other methods as well, but those are the two big ones. I recommend you browse the DIY areas for more information. You won't find be disappointed in the variety of useful threads on this subject!

-Homer

 

[johnnyrobbo]

Thank you homer, that's really useful info and I'm sorry nicktheblade for bombing your thread [emoji53]