3 New Kits to try and one will be my first Ale fermented under pressure!

So today I picked up 3 new kits to tryout.

Two Golden Ale‘s from our local supplier Kegged and an Amber Ale From the local Wilco’s.

I will be setting each of these off over the next week after I’ve transfered the Pilsner out of my Fermzilla into a Corny keg. As I want to try fermenting One of these under pressure. As the MrBeer Golden Ale is only a small batch kit that makes 8.5l, it won’t be this one. So after flipping a coin It will be the Black Rock golden ale that goes in the Fermzilla.

I will update this post as these beers progress. so check back in a couple of weeks to see how fermentation went. Or sooner for pressure fermented Ale as that seems to speed up the process

to be continued......

18/10/2020

today I started the small batch MrBeer golden ale. This is the first small batch kit I’ve used and it makes 9L of beer. What was unusual for me was this kit doesn't require any additional sugar. (well I hope not as it wasn’t mentioned in the instructions and I haven’t put any In) 😬

so here are some photos taken during the process.

Firslty here is the equipment I used for this first stage.

This fermentation barrel is one I got from Wilco’s. I replaced the buckets I used to use with these as I find they are easier to work with and transport them full into my storage area for fermentation. I added a rubber washer to the lid to allow me to just push in the airlock without the need for a separate cork and added a temperature strip.

The kits instructions are on the inside of the tin label and quantities were in cups and gallons so I converted them to the nearest litre.

Soon as I opened the tin and got a smell of the extract I regretted getting a cup of tea instead of a beer to drink while brewing. That was soon rectified when I finished with a pint of my IPA. Which I’m nearly finished as I will need to free up it’s barrel for the next batch from these kits.

so 20 minutes later and I have 9 litres of wort ready to ferment. I checked the SG which was 1044. And also added 2 tsp of yeast nutrient powder as no extra sugar was needed, just to give it a good start.

once the temperature was at 22c I added the yeast gave it a quick stir and set it on the shelf in my brew store. and added the airlock with some sterilising solution in it. to keep the temperature constant I made some bubble foil jackets for my fermenters and they seem to keep it at a reasonable constant temperature of 19-22. Which seems to work well for my Ale‘s.

So now it’s a wait for 10 days but before then I will set off the next one of the three kits.

to be continued.....