Monday, December 22, 2008

Transferred New Batch to Secondary

Primary fermentation finally slowed down enough for me to place this new batch into Secondary Fermentation. Primary Fermentation had actually completely stopped. I noticed no bubbles over about a five minute time frame. As soon as I placed the Primary Fermenter in the closet I noticed bubbles had started up again.
Lori helped me transfer the brew, mostly to help me from making a mess in the kitchen. It all went smoothly. I'm glad I found that small hand pump. It works like a charm for moving the beer form Primary to Secondary and it worked great for bottling the last batch also.
I'll attach the photos another night.

Monday, December 8, 2008

Still not ready for the secondary

I've been checking the timing of the CO2 bubbles daily. As of tonight they are still at about 40 seconds so they stay in the Primary for now.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

photos


propane stove ready to make beer


air lock and strainer drying



primary fermenter, strainer and air lock drying after being sterilized


malt, hops and yeast

Almost all the implements of beer making laid out