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best way to keep brewing
so with my first batch a day or two away from going in the barrell, i'm thinking about the long 3 week gap between finishing this brew and the next being ready!
i think i read on another topic that a brew could be left in the fermenting bucket for a couple of weeks? if this is the case, am i right in thinking that once ive transferred my current brew from fv to barrell i could start another immediately - and as long as my current brew is drunk within about 3 weeks (which it surely will be)i can just transfer the second batch as and when?
any other ways of keeping a constant flow without me having to buy another barrell/kit?
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Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
Firstly - Yep fine in the primary fv for 2 weeks but to be honest a 2nd/3rd/4th etc etc barrel and fv is the way to go!
Plannin'-
Loads a beer after an upgrade!
nathbrew@gmail.com
Posted 1 year ago by Member
hi nath,
so if i kept brew in primary fv for a couple of weeks, then syphoned into primed barrel i would have about a week to wait for it to clear? so are you saying that extra barrel/fv is the only way to have zero time between one batch being drunk and the next ready to drink?
chris
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
Tis the best and only way. I started (as you) with a barrel and a fv now I have 2 corny kegs (soon to be 3) 45 bottles, 3 fvs, 2 water containers abrew fridge a kegerator an ag set up a load of hop a load of yeast a load of malt.
And a nagging wife!
No - Seriously love, if your reading this its only a joke!
Plannin'-
Loads a beer after an upgrade!
nathbrew@gmail.com
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
Its not really a joke
Plannin'-
Loads a beer after an upgrade!
nathbrew@gmail.com
Posted 1 year ago by Member
well, i dont want to be the cause of any maritals! I think i will try and see how it goes with the one kit first... i love an ale but im not a huge drinker, i suppose it depends on how many friends suddenly become regular visitors to their new brewery down the road!
i suppose, if it takes 2 weeks to drink 40 pints, i want to start the next brew in the fv when i have the first pint of the old brew. i will then have around 7-10 days (if thats how long it takes to clear?) between batches. just enough time for the liver to recover!
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
Liver???? Whats that?
Disclaimer - nath does not endorse drinking alcohol
(on a tuesday morning)
Plannin'-
Loads a beer after an upgrade!
nathbrew@gmail.com
Posted 1 year ago by Member
ah, sober tuesdays!
so Nath, will leaving the ale in the fv for a couple of weeks speed up the process once in the barrel, or will it just keep it in stasis and still require the same amount of time to get the co2 going and then settle?
is there any benefit to taste from keeping it in the fv for longer?
Posted 1 year ago by Moderator
Same time abouts, may clear a bit faster.
Taste wise, keeping it in the fv for longer will allow more yeast to drop out before going into keg so may taste cleaner.
Plannin'-
Loads a beer after an upgrade!
nathbrew@gmail.com
Posted 1 year ago by Member
Hi chris,
I keep all my brews in the primary fv for 2 weeks and have never seen any side effects and the resulting beer has been clear apart from the last dregs when bottling from the priming bucket. The last 2 or 3 bottles get a few floaties but even these wee beasties settle to the bottom after a week or so's conditioning. With the barrel,same thing: clear beer, any floaties settle after a short time. As long as you keep the barrel in a warm place for about a week to let the remaining yeast and sugar fall in love and make small CO2 babies, after you move the barrel somewhere cooler your only hurdle is your patience.
So to answer your question - hmnnn, aye maybe.
-Barry
Fermenting: Marston's Pedigree
Conditioning (Bottles): Warsteiner Lager Clone
Drinking (King Keg): Fullers London Pride
Posted 1 year ago by Admin
I'd get another barrel. You'll then be sorted without any gaps.
very funny
Posted 1 year ago by Member
I'd go along with nath ... get enough gear to do two or three brews simultaneously. Then the only thing stopping you brew will be the missus.
You never know though, she could wake up one morning inexplicably buoyant and in a good mood and allow you a brew (stranger things have happened), you'd be really p1ssed off if you didn't have the gear!
(with grateful thanks to the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers and slightly adapted)
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