How to Brew an Edme English IPA with Joe (Part 3)

This is the third installment in a series of videos on how to easily brew an Edme English IPA extract beer kit. Join me in this third part of the series as we go through these steps in finishing up our brew: taking the final gravity reading, preparing the equipment for bottling, using a sulfiter, talking about the differences between Iodophor and Star-San, racking our beer into the bottling bucket, and finally bottling and capping our brew! Cheers! See you in a few weeks when it comes taste testing time!

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• difference between sanitizers
• iodophor
• star-san
• bottling
• capping
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[ddrmaster22]

does the priming sugar come with the kits from midwest supplies, or do i have to buy the also? i'm getting a kit from them and the irish stout kit comes with it. i just wanted to know. thanks!

[terpsichoreankid]

@ddrmaster22 All the kits I have ordered from them do include 5oz of priming sugar--which is just the right amount for a 5 gallon batch. I'd always check their "more info" sections on the kit pages, but I'm pretty sure all their kits come with priming sugar. Cheers!

[aaron2414]

oh shit, didnt your taste test glass have soapy water in it?!

[terpsichoreankid]

@aaron2414 Nope--it was clean and dry actually. The container behind the glass looks like it has soapy water in it, but that's actually Star San sanitizing solution.

[neox79]

I may have missed it in one of the videos, but how long did you let the IPA go through primary fermentation?

[terpsichoreankid]

@neox79 You know, I don't think I mentioned it in this series. I am pretty sure I went a full 2 weeks, right on the nose, for this one. I kept an eye on the airlock and the clarity of the brew (because I used Nottingham, I knew it would cake pretty well) as my main indicators on this one rather than time. But I do believe it was a full 14 days.

[Jacobsonro]

As long as Star San is under 3 ph it is good to go and as far as shelf life I have kept it for over a month, when it starts to get cloudy I mix up new. I check the ph after every few uses with ph strips.

[terpsichoreankid]

I have thought about it, but haven't yet done it. In the trough I use, I only use about 1 gallon of water, 2 if I fill it up to the top--so that only uses a small amount of Star San for each batch. Rather than storing it, I've found it easier to just mix up a new batch. I've also found it rather difficult to determine how long sanitizers stay active/can be held for... If you know--please let me know!

[terpsichoreankid]

I know!!!! Hopefully it will be worth it!

[terpsichoreankid]

Thanks Rick!