St Peter's Ruby Red Ale

[ronanp]

Well it got 20 days in the FV before bottling, and looks and smells a lot better for it. Put the coopers heritage larger on straight away. Stocking up for the winter.

[LordEoin]

good man

[ronanp]

Kept the bottles warm for 3 or 4 days then let their temperature drop down to 14 degrees for the same amount of time. Is that enough for carbonation to finish? Or should I keep them warmer for longer? Seeing how quickly all the kit instructions tell you to bottle not sure if they rush the next stage as well.

The shed where they will end up will be a lot colder, but for these ones I could probably hold off for at least another week till my next brew is ready to come out ofthe FV and i need the space for bottling.

[ronan-tulla]

I tasted the Wherry kit and I'm going to give it a try but want to add some depth of flavour and body. Anyone have ideas?

[oconn]

i was in drinking this in Jersuelum tavern / St peters pub in London. These kits really do the commercial drink justice. with time the red and stout turn out very close to the real thing. great stuff given a few months maturity

[GBrew]

Hi all, I am 10 days into this kit and my reading is at 1.016

Initially it was at 1.042

There appears to be very little action now in the airlock so I was thinking of bottling soon. But that would mean a weak beer 😔

Constant temp has been difficult to achieve with this awful weather and it did go two full days at v low temp at the weekend.

Any advice for a Brewer on their Xmas ale adventure ?! How long can it sit in the primary before bottling ?