Came out not bad. But the starting temperature was a little high and it has a slight tangy flavour.
I’m trying to find a way to better control the fermentation temperature on the cheap. Any tips appreciated!
One question I do have… After leaving in the bottles for a couple of weeks I’ve noticed a white residue is settling on the bottom of the bottle. Is this normal? (Pic of sediment in comments)
Thanks.
I have glass bottles but was sick when it was bottling time and it was just easier to use the plastic ones. They’re basically my emergency bottles.
As for the temp, it seems that with this kit it needs to be on the cooler side (18-21c). The room I was doing it in is fairly cool but not that cool and it creeped up to 23c for probably about 10 of the initial 24 hours unfortunately. When I noticed I got the wet towels out which helped a lot.
After that it says to keep is between 15-21 on the online instructions, and 14-18 on the physical ones. I avged about 16c throughout the brew phase so got that okay.
With the warmer weather coming, I’m concerned I won’t be able to keep this cool enough without some extra stuff (was thinking an old freezer unit for insulation, and some kind of wet blanket or ice pack rotation).
Nice! Haha I get it, I’ve gone right into growlers before when I wasn’t feeling well just to get it done. Only had one blow once lol.
If you’ve got “buy and old freezer” money for this that’s absolutely the best plan. Get that, or just an old form fridge or whatever, as long as it works, and something like this: https://a.co/d/244s4zY
I have the same one, it’s worked reliably for years.