Canadian Blonde

[Dunkel]

Or you could get the Canadian Blonde to wear the tights and then stick your marbles down the front 

[LordEoin]

Or you could get the Canadian Blonde to wear the tights and then stick your marbles down the front 

You'd likely get a wild yeast infection that way..

[Danny(00833827)]

you could end up with worts -

[Danny(00833827)]

ok so today i added some hops - 25g of cascade - i also moved to a secondary because tomoro i will start another brew. I know it is not deemed necessary - had read plenty of for and against arguments but i figured I will do it at least to free up the FV for another brew. i tried not to splash it and introduce oxygen - to start with there was slight splashing but im hoping that this will not affect things. i added a marble to the bag, it still floated to the top :-( plan to leave it a week and will bottle next saturday or sunday.

So its still a little cloudy, i kind of expected that - but it sure smells like beer and although i didnt properly taste it, its beer alright. :-)

im planing 3 or 4 weeks in the bottles. first week at the current room temp of 19-20 degrees, then i will move them to a cave i have thats a lot less than that, prob 12 or so.

[LordEoin]

If it smells like beer and tastes like beer, you're doing it right.
Don't worry about the hops still floating, just leave them now and put more weight the next time.
I once used every teaspoon in the house as weight, and the bollox was still floating   :

[Danny(00833827)]

ok so im planning to bottle this weekend. So recap, its been 2 weeks in primary, then 1 in a secondary dry hoping - so now to bottles for a while,  till the August Bank Holiday weekend I hope when I would like to try it, if its likely to be ready that is - was gonna leave where it is for a week (in this weather the lower temp that had been in the room is now up around 25 unfortunately) - then a dark cool basement for another 2 weeks

The secondary is a water cooler bottle, so its about 19 litres - so i figured I would use - 120-130g of brown sugar (going by one of the online calculators ) in a half litre of water - how does all this sound?

[Chris]

Sounds good but I would just use regular sugar of dextrose, brown sugar can give strong flavours and is usually used in darker beers. When I last made the Canadian blonde kit I was able to try it after a week, it was perfect after 2 weeks and it was gone after 4 weeks.

[Danny(00833827)]

Thanks Chris, regular Sucra it is so. Looking forward to completing the brew process for the first time.

[Danny(00833827)]

And we are in the bottles!! Very satisfying to clamp the caps on and see the results of the work. Had a mini disaster when I knocked over the last 6 bottles before I got them capped -  in a effort to get the last of the beer out of the vessel - I was rushing and didn't have take care on what I was doing:-( but it smells and tastes good to roll on August bank hol weekend when I hope to try them!!

[Dunkel]

From experience (my son's brew) of the Canadian Blonde it is drinkable after two weeks in bottle. But have a further bottle per day for the following two weeks - the difference between two weeks and four weeks in bottle is amazing  Trouble is, it disappears very quickly ...

[Danny(00833827)]

just cracked my first bottle of this - I'm very happy with it - great start to my brewing.

the cascade aroma suits it well, very nice brew.