First attempt, I've stirred in the yeast when mixing the first fermentation. Now I've seen on the video, it should be just sprinkled on top. Yikes. Have I wrecked my first batch.
I know I should have watched the video before starting, but on the instructions, it doesn't say to just sprinkle it on top.
I seem to remember, (as a child helping my Dad) that it was all stirred in.
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In colder temperatures fermentation times can significantly increase, but by warming it up you got it to finish the fermentation and this will not cause your brew any problems. It will clear if left longer and will also improve in flavour usually. The slug incident sounds quite unpleasant, we haven't heard of that before but it may well have been attracted to the beer if some was in the tap. We're not aware of any such thing as a tap cover that is available specifically for this, but it would definitely be worth covering the tap with a plastic bag or something similar to ensure no repeats of that
Thanks for the update, try just wrapping a bag over the whole tap which will keep anything out. The Wherry sounds to have come out well which is great news, Woodfordes is very popular. We recommend the 'Ultimate Brewery' range as it has some of the finest ingredients you can get, or try the York Brewery kits if either of those is to your liking. Both of these ranges need no sugar adding so are similar to Wherry in that respect.
Wine can sometimes be sweet if bottled a little early, another couple of days can help it before bottling, or it may be that particular brand, the Beaverdale range is great and needs no sugar adding to it making it a good price, the range of styles is much larger too in both the 6 and 30 bottle kits.
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