newbie question

"Chris Taylor" a écrit dans le message de news: snipped-for-privacy@news.comindico.com.au...

Wait until there is no activity in the airlock. if you don't you may have exploding botles. If you have a hydrometer wait untill it reached your expected final gravity and is stable for 1 or 2 days.

The bitter aftertaste in a stout is given by hops and usually canned kits don't have lots of it.

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Patience, Patience, Patience, Chris. I think all "newbies" fall into this trap. Cannot blame them. They want to get at the end result. Myself included.

I began 32 years ago. Read the instructions. 'bottle 5 days, drink in 7' Can be done but is not enjoyable. My first batch was bottled in 10 days. A week later, went to the brother-in-laws with a 6-pack to try. Terrible! Man, was I disappointed. Packed it away in the store room and forgot it. Remembered it a month or two later and tried it then. Had it ever improved! Very enjoyable.

I make it a point to tell my home brew friends and acquaintances that Home Brewing is an experiment. Try different brands, combinations and manufacturers. I've never had a bad beer. Some are better than others. If you find something you like, stick with it. I prefer to do something different each time.

Coopers is a great product. I produced an excellent Stout using Coopers Stout LME and a John Bull light DME instead of corn sugar. A week to 10 days in primary and

Check at your supply store for others to compare notes with.

Happy Brewing Stu Ontario, Canada

thaks Ste and yes all tthat replied simple question what is the LME

Liquid malt extract as opposed to DME dried malt extract

Do I have to wait till the SO2 in the air lock evens out before I bottle

I'm still a newbie myself, but this much I can tell you: If the airlock is still bubbling, then the yeast is still turning sugars into CO2 and alcohol. Give the yeast time to finish its work, and you'll have better beer. A few extra days in the fermenter won't hurt anything, and the solids will have more time to settle to the bottom. Avoid stirring up the stuff on the bottom when you siphon your beer into your bottling bucket - There will always be some yeast sediment in naturally carbonated bottled beer, but less is better.

Karl S.