G’Day Guys,
I am back in the brewing game after about 3 years off. We moved house and had a baby in the meantime without much spare time.
Back in the day I was just brewing Ales with a wet towel wrapped around the fermenter.
Now I am back I have a better set-up then before that I am really happy about. I have our old tucker box freezer in the garage to ferment in hooked up to a Keg King temperature controller. I can now brew anything I want at anytime of the year. (Hopefully) Just set and forget. Great bit of gear!!!
http://www.kegking.com.au/Temperature%2 ... vices.html
For my first brew back I have put down a Lager with Saflager S-23 yeast. The freezer is set to 12 degrees and It's working like a charm.
With the Ales the fermentation and air lock activity was pretty intense. Now in the freezer at lower temps not a lot seems to be happening. It has been down for about a week. A bit of condensation on the lid but not much else. Is this normal?
Also I am thinking about getting a second fermenter to rack the beer into. I have not done this before but think it might be worthwhile. I have also been looking at these filters:
http://www.kegking.com.au/Beer%20Filter ... idges.html
I have a couple of questions here regarding these:
1: Do they filter the yeast out of the beer?
2: Are they any good?
3: Would you bother using one if you are going to rack the beer or is that the perfect time to use it?
4: Instead of racking could you use this at bottling or kegging time?
I think that is all for now. I am glad to be back in the world of home brewing. I also have a beer fridge next to the freezer so will look at a Keg set-up in the not too distant future.
Cheers,
BrewHouse