Alcotec 23% alcohol

[stingrayjay]

I picked this kit up last night from les at burghley homebrew




So decided to sterilise the equipment and mix it up this eve,

First instruction was to get a fermenter of water to 40degrees then adjust level to 18litres




Next was to add everything all at once

Brewing sugar
Nutrient
Yeast
Carbon

Almost instantly you see the activity start to take place




Lid on and sit for 7 days without airlock



No mention in instructions of degassing or racking off before clearing so i am gonna go with the instructions and let you know the results as i have a alcohol meter (now in stock at BHB)

I'll be back (in seven days)

:-)

[stingrayjay]

Two hours later ,,,,,,,,,,

Check out the foam




Instructions say to fold in the first foam after a few hours , so i folded it into the mix and re fitted the lid

[kevkevt]

this looks good what you going to make with it?

[stingrayjay]

5 days in ,and its still got a nice steady activity , had a little taste on the tongue and seems to be hitting the top end of its % already

Not long now :-)

[stingrayjay]

May 29, 2012 16:36:34 GMT kevkevt said:

this looks good what you going to make with it?

Cheers kev

Im loving the toffee essence at the moment but theres plenty to make a whole selection :-)


Today i checked and activity has stopped and it has semi cleared of its own accord , nice one , makes my job of clearing easier ,

As per the instructions i will not disturb or rack off , no degassing , im just adding turbo klar


Lets see how it goes , will put a pic up tomorrow of the liquid before adding clearing

[stingrayjay]

Not done anything yet , i put a airlock in to check if there is any slight activity still and i still get an occasional bubble , so just to be sure i will be leaving it till sunday , and i decided i will rack and degass before adding turboklar ,
You can see how the carbon has started to settle towards the bottom half