Feb 19th I racked the
Munich Dunkel from the primary fermenter to the secondary fermenter. To clarify the beer I racked onto a solution of gelatin, 1 tsp gelatin dissolve in 1 cup of warm water. I then lagered the beer for about a month to bring on the lager flavors and so the gelatin could clarify.
Once the beer had lagered and clarified I racked the beer to the bottle bucket leaving all the sediment behind. To carbonate the beer I used white sugar that was mixed into the bottling bucked. The sugar solution was 2/3 cup of sugar dissolved in 2 cups of hot water.
With that done it was time to bottle. First thing was to sterilize all the bottles in Star-San and then rinse. I then siphoned the beer from the bottling bucket to the bottles using a bottling wand.
Here is the final product. I ended up with 24x330ml crown bottles, 16x500ml flip top bottles and one 750ml champagne bottle. They were bottled March 7th so they should be fully carbonated soon.
Feb 19th I racked the Munich Dunkel from the primary fermenter to the secondary fermenter. To clarify the beer I racked onto a solution of gelatin, 1 tsp gelatin dissolve in 1 cup of warm water. I then lagered the beer for about a month to bring on the lager flavors and so the gelatin could clarify. 
Once the beer had lagered and clarified I racked the beer to the bottle bucket leaving all the sediment behind. To carbonate the beer I used white sugar that was mixed into the bottling bucked. The sugar solution was 2/3 cup of sugar dissolved in 2 cups of hot water.
With that done it was time to bottle. First thing was to sterilize all the bottles in Star-San and then rinse. I then siphoned the beer from the bottling bucket to the bottles using a bottling wand.
Here is the final product. I ended up with 24x330ml crown bottles, 16x500ml flip top bottles and one 750ml champagne bottle. They were bottled March 7th so they should be fully carbonated soon.
Question on home brewing that you might have an answer for. My colleague and I are thinking about giving it a go with a kit but how do you feel about brewing in plastic? The kits available here, in Belgium, are plastic buckets for the brewing and I am not sure if that is a great idea or not. Most kits look like the one found on http://brewferm.be/en/index.htm
ReplyDeleteLove to hear your take on this. Thanks and keep brewing!!
Want to know how the Dunkel tastes.