On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 03:10:29PM +0200, johnny wrote: > Hej med jer. > Jeg har jo så lavet mit første håndbryg nu.
Congratulations! And welcome to the brave new world of home brewing! > Det har gæret i en uge, men er allerede nede på 1012 i gravity. > Der udvikledes stadig lidt CO2, da jeg omstak i går, hvor øllet så fint > klart ud. > Hvor "meget" eller rettere lidt skal det boble i gærrøret, før gæringen er > slut? You can not really say much from those bubbles. The proper way is to measure the gravity, and if it stays the same for a few days, you're done. But it seems that you are pretty low already, so you might just give it another week, and go ahead and bottle it. > Derudover, tror jeg den bliver lidt for humlet (bittert). > fortager det sig lidt ved gæring? > Hvis ikke, kunne man så evt. kamuflere det med f.eks. at bruge rørsukker i > stedet for alm. sukker, når man carbonerer? Just wait and see how it behaves when it is properly carbonated, cooled, and served in a nice glass! Probably things will be much better then. If it really is too bitter, it is too late to do much about it now. Adding tasty stuff may help to balance it a bit, but not that much. A better idea would be to let it age for a few weeks or months, that usually mellows the taste, and tones down unwanted sharp corners. > Når jeg skal til at fylde på flasker, mener jeg at have læst at man skal > efterlade ca. 1 cm med luft. Er 1 cm. ok? Sounds reasonable to me. Good luck with it! -H -- Heikki Levanto "In Murphy We Turst" heikki (at) lsd (dot) dk
