Grain father

[beer]

Hi All

We bought the grain father and did your first brew last Monday a hoppy APA. We are new to the scene so excuse me for asking an stupid questions.

We followed the directions and the brew is now in the fermenter with 6 days there are plenty of bubbles going through the air lock.

We are told to leave this for 2 weeks and then bottle and then leave for a further 2 weeks before consuming.

Has anyone breed hoppy APA and it there anything to watch out for ?

I am a great fan of rebel red ale, Would anyone have a recipe to make something like this ?

Any help would be a appreciated.

Thanks.

[DEMPSEY]

Congratulations to we . Who's recipe did you use. When fermentation has stopped take a gravity reading to confirm and retake 24 hours later to reconfirm. Then on to bottling.

[Leann ull]

If it's not finished fermenting it will continue in your bottle and you will make bottle bombs, plenty of red recipes if you do a search some maybe in members area.
You'll discover there are so many more beers out there better that RR

[beer]

Congratulations to we . Who's recipe did you use. When fermentation has stopped take a gravity reading to confirm and retake 24 hours later to reconfirm. Then on to bottling.

We bought the grain farther from get er brewed and they gave us a free brew hoppy apa.  As i say sorry for any stupid questions. I presume fermentation stops when the are no bubbles in the air lock
What is the best way to take the gravity reading ?

Thanks

[Eoin]

Airlock bubbles are not really an indicator of active fermentation.

To take a gravity reading you would use a hydrometer, which I would imagine was provided with the kit.

When the reading is the same over three consecutive readings then it's considered to be fermented out, this normally takes anywhere from three days to 7 days.

[Pheeel]

I just leave it for 2 weeks and check when transferring. I purposely avoid taps (another thing to clean) in my FV and I ain't cracking that baby open until I'm ready to keg..

[Leann ull]

  As i say sorry for any stupid questions

Keep asking, as 10 others who are afraid to ask benefit

[DEMPSEY]

There is no such thing as a stupid question,now stupid answers that's a different question

[beer]

Thanks for the replies, no hydrometer provided with the grain father any tips on what type or where to buy ?

[DEMPSEY]

Any of the homebrew shops have them and they are about €3. Always buy 2 as Murphy's law applies that if you only have 1 it is glass and so will break but by having 2 it will not break,t'is true . Also a trial jar for it to float in.

[beer]

Hi, I got my 2 hydrometers. My brew is 16 days in the fermenter I presume when taking the gravity reading I just take my sample from the tap on the bottom of the fermenter like I don't take the lid off and stir it up first ??

FG I presume is final gravity ? I need it to be 1.010-1.015

What is OG reading ?

[auralabuse]

Yeah, defo don't open it up as you may infect the beer and will probably oxidize it

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[auralabuse]

Fg is final gravity, og  is original gravity, the difference between the 2 is essentially the alcohol

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[molc]

Am I the only one that constantly opens the lid to peak in at the ferment at work? Love taking a good sniff to make sure all is well

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[auralabuse]

Yes you are molc, stop it

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