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ekul
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This is my first post here so it seems odd that i would choose this post to break my cherry.
Anyway i have been home-brewing for a while now and this is how i make my homebrew taste nice.
Get your brew fermenter and drill a small hole in it 5cm from the top. Use a stanley knife to cut down to that hole. Get an aquarium heater w/thermostat and pull the cord down the slit until it is fitting snuggly in the hole you just drilled. Use a bit of blu-tak to fill the gaps. Set thermostat to 26C/78.8F
Once you have made up your brew, drop in a beer hydrometer, it will usually read about 1040 for ales and lager, higher for stouts.
Seal the top of the fermenter tank with clingwrap and hold it in place with a big rubber band. Use a pin to put a TINY hole in the middle of the clingwrap so that the co2 can escape
Place the fermenter tank in an area where it is usually cold and dark. You want to be controlling the temperature and it easier to bring the temp up (with the aquarium heater) then it is to bring it down.
The beer is finished when the hydrometer has stayed on 1008 for 2days. Sometimes hydrometers are not calibrated perfectly do if the hydrometer has had a reading around 1008 for 2 days then it is ready to bottle.
Adjusting your fermenter tank like this means that you can control the temperature of the brew giving it an even fermentation. While having the hydrometer in the brew means that you don't have to draw any nasties in when you check the reading. The fermentation process usually takes 6 days. Enjoy
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colej
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Re: Simple adjustments for a better fermenter tank
« Reply #1 on: June 8th, 2010, 10:28am » |
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You must live in a northern area my friend. Down in Texas we have the opposite issue and have to keep it cool. But, with air conditioning a must, that's not a problem.
I like your cling wrap idea, but if you get a lot of froth and you will, the yeast mixed in the bubbles reach the top could potentially plug-up that pinhole.
Just be careful and watching it closely!
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