Tuesday 22 April 2014

Bottled : Wilko Sweet Newkie Brown (KIT)

The FG of the Newkie Brown dropped to 1008 from a SG of 1042, So it's in at 4.5% ABV. Moved the fermenting bucket into the Brewshed to cool and help the yeast drop out of suspension a couple of days ago. So today is bottling day.


The bottles I have left that are empty are 550ml bottles, I still clean and Starsan 42 bottles just in case.
This beer was a bit of a pain to bottle. After adding the recommended 1/2 tsp of sugar to each bottle, the amount of beer foam building up in the bottles when filling meant that I had to fill 30 bottles and rest the crown caps on top, then go back and top each bottle up.

Got 39 bottles at 550ml out of this brew, so £0.35 per bottle, not bad at all.

Labeled them all up, just a basic label for Kit's, and put them up on the racking in the Brewshed.

Just one more beer kit to go, then back to BIAB all grain brews. And a completely full Brewshed.

Current stock as of today is around 137 pints of beer in the Brewshed with another 40 to make for the other pressure barrel. 23 bottles of wine ready to drink with another 25+ bottles still fermenting or clearing. Lovely!!!!

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