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Beer is Good: Hydrometer readings
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My Blog dedicated to Ale, Lager, Homebrew, Wine, Cider, Whisky and Pubs. Saturday, 30 December 2006. I've had to take hydrometer readings of my beer quite frequently over the past few weeks. A tip I picked up on one of the forums is to use a sanitised turkey baster to extract the beer from the fermenter and transfer it to the trial jar this saves you from dipping the entire trial jar into the beer and possible infection. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Campaign for Real Ale.
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Beer is Good: December 2006
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My Blog dedicated to Ale, Lager, Homebrew, Wine, Cider, Whisky and Pubs. Saturday, 30 December 2006. I've had to take hydrometer readings of my beer quite frequently over the past few weeks. A tip I picked up on one of the forums is to use a sanitised turkey baster to extract the beer from the fermenter and transfer it to the trial jar this saves you from dipping the entire trial jar into the beer and possible infection. I've moved my bin to a warmer room and wrapped it up in a pretty pink dressing gown.
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Beer is Good: Bottling
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My Blog dedicated to Ale, Lager, Homebrew, Wine, Cider, Whisky and Pubs. Saturday, 23 December 2006. I Spent fifteen minutes the other night preparing a wine fermenter for bottling beer. Hole saw attached to drill. The hole is cut. The tap is screwed into place. I used a hole saw to drill out the hole in the barrell then added a tap which I bought for a few pounds - the tap has a bottling stick attachment. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Links - Beer related.and not! FG - fi...
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Beer is Good: Elbow Grease Works!
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My Blog dedicated to Ale, Lager, Homebrew, Wine, Cider, Whisky and Pubs. Friday, 15 December 2006. Just look at this! I opened up my fermenting bin for a wee peek this morning (little more than 12 hours after pitching) and the yeast has run wild - it looks like an alien organism from a 1950's horror film. Just goes to show - yeast starter wort lots of oxygen = great start. I hope it's worth the effort. 23 December 2006 at 18:09:00 GMT. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Malt - ...
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Beer is Good: Back into brewing
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My Blog dedicated to Ale, Lager, Homebrew, Wine, Cider, Whisky and Pubs. Saturday, 11 August 2007. I've eventually got back into homebrewing after a bit of a disaster at the turn of the year. My batch of Brewferm Abbey had a stuck fermentation and despite miving it to a warmer room, wrapping it in a pretty pink dressing gown and pitching more yeast it wouldn't budge, so I binned it and kind of lost heart. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Links - Beer related.and not! Wort - t...
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Beer is Good: Fermentation problems
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My Blog dedicated to Ale, Lager, Homebrew, Wine, Cider, Whisky and Pubs. Saturday, 30 December 2006. I was due to bottle my Brewferm Abbey kit on Christmas eve. Last Saturday I took a hydrometer reading which came out at 1022, the recommended fg is 1010, after consulting with the guys on Jim's Beer Kit the bottling has been postponed. The fermentation has stuck probably because I've allowed the temperature of the beer to fall to 15c at the last check. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Brewing Liquor - ...
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Beer is Good: Brewferm Abbey 4
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My Blog dedicated to Ale, Lager, Homebrew, Wine, Cider, Whisky and Pubs. Friday, 15 December 2006. The final step is to pitch the yeast. Prior to pitching I rehydrated the yeast by putting it into a jug with 150ml of water warmed to 25c, left for 10 minutes then mixed into the wort. At this stage it is important to give it all a good mix in order to get plenty of oxygen into the wort to aid the yeast in the fermentation process. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. FG - final gra...
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Beer is Good: August 2007
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My Blog dedicated to Ale, Lager, Homebrew, Wine, Cider, Whisky and Pubs. Saturday, 11 August 2007. I've eventually got back into homebrewing after a bit of a disaster at the turn of the year. My batch of Brewferm Abbey had a stuck fermentation and despite miving it to a warmer room, wrapping it in a pretty pink dressing gown and pitching more yeast it wouldn't budge, so I binned it and kind of lost heart. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Links - Beer related.and not! Wort - the mixtu...
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Beer is Good: November 2006
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My Blog dedicated to Ale, Lager, Homebrew, Wine, Cider, Whisky and Pubs. Thursday, 30 November 2006. Had to stand about waiting for a lift in gale force winds outside the West Port in Linlithgow tonight. I decided to go in for a wee drink whilst I waited and discovered the have the new XPA from Edinburgh's Caledonian breweries on Tap. At the end of October I started a Young's Country Definitive Blackberry wine in a demi-john. I eventually bottled it last week to much acclaim from my girlfriend! I followe...
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Beer is Good: Blackford 1488 Whisky Ale
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My Blog dedicated to Ale, Lager, Homebrew, Wine, Cider, Whisky and Pubs. Saturday, 23 December 2006. Blackford 1488 Whisky Ale. I think this may be the best bottled beer I've drunk. according to the label the ale is made using the same malted barley as goes into the Tullibardine Distillery single malt. The ale is matured in the oak casks that once held the single malt. On reading the label I thought it was just a bit of a gimmick but it's not. Overall this was light and refreshing. Campaign for Real Ale.