17 October 2024
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I got the Loco Beer bottled this afternoon. It ended up at a gravity of about 1.008 so the calculated ABV is 4.46% – a little higher than the original but not completely out of the ball park. The initial … Continue reading
13 December 2023
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I’m glad I didn’t bottle my Helleborus brew when I first tested it a few days ago. I thought it might have bottomed out at 1.010 but yesterday (and today) it had got down to 1.004. One the advantages of … Continue reading
27 November 2023
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The wine I was working on around the beginning of October has been sitting quietly in its demijohns, both inside cardboard boxes to exclude most of the light. I’ve been doing a bit more reading on how to proceed and … Continue reading
13 March 2023
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I don’t know quite how long my Lenten Mild brew took to ferment but I got the same gravity reading today as I did a couple of days ago (1.008) so it was time to bottle it. Normally I expect … Continue reading
3 November 2021
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I think my Autumn Ruby brew was basically ready by Monday morning but it was today I managed to get it bottled. I only got eight bottles (so about 4l) but I hope I’ve managed to avoid most of the … Continue reading
10 February 2021
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I think my 26 shilling brew has probably been ready to bottle since the weekend but I managed to get the job done today. The gravity had dropped from 1.043 to 1.006, so the ABV is about 4.9% and a … Continue reading
5 October 2019
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I got my Black Dog Stout beer bottled this afternoon – final gravity dropped to 1.006, making the brew about 4.46% ABV, a little short of the target 4.90% but strong enough. I also got labels done for the Oxxxford … Continue reading
6 May 2019
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My homebrew bottling process involves several steps of decanting: Fermenting vessel into jerry can. The brewed beer is siphoned into a 10l plastic jerry can, trying to minimise the amount of trub (sediment) transferred. Jerry can back to fermenting vessel. … Continue reading
3 April 2019
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I’d planned to bottle my Fly Me to the Moon brew on Sunday afternoon. And then on Monday evening. And Tuesday evening. Phew! Finally got round to it tonight. 12 bottles with 25g of carbonation sugar. It had been set … Continue reading
28 October 2017
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I’ve got my Autumn Saison bottled, which was a slightly frustrating process as some of the small bottles I had saved proved to resist the process of fixing on crown corks. On the other hand, I did manage to end … Continue reading