Can you re brew beer

Log in Register. Search titles only. Search Advanced search…. New posts. Search forums. Log in. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Can you re-brew a batch?? Thread starter Wester Start date Dec 19, Help Support Homebrew Talk:.

Wester Member. Joined Sep 21, Messages 13 Reaction score 0. My Irish stout kit seems to have gone wrong, not sure why. It's not infected just watery and weak. Joined Dec 3, Messages 1, Reaction score 14 Location l. Where are you at in all of this? Just drink it and rebrew it.

TopherM Well-Known Member. Sounds like you either didn't ferment long enough or you added too much water at top-off time. You can add more fermentables and more yeast, but unfortunately, you are only going to raise the ABV and dry out the beer, you can't really add any body to the beer post-fermentation.

The body comes from the grains, and you can't add more grains at this point. Describe your process a bit more so we can figure out where you went wrong, then learn from your mistake. That's about the best you can do at this point Joined Jan 4, Messages 3, Reaction score Location oakland.

Beer Fermentation After preparing your ingredients for brewing which will only take an hour or two , it goes into your fermentation vessel, where it will be very active for the next couple of days, followed by another ten days or so of slower fermentation.

Total fermentation time is about two weeks, so factor this into the total wait. Ales vs. Lagers Different styles of beer may take slightly more or less time to ferment and do better with longer or shorter periods of bottle conditioning. For instance, ales generally do not take more than two weeks to be ready to drink after leaving your beer brewing kit for bottles.

Avoid using plastic bottles at all costs. Quality beer bottles are easy to acquire and clean. All beer produces sediment, but certain varieties produce higher quantities than others. Ambers and stouts typically have more sediment than lagers or ales.

You can strain out some of the sediment during the bottling process, but you cannot remove all of the solid material. The bottles that you use to store homebrew should be the same bottles you plan to serve. Plastic, clear bottles are less effective at blocking light and maintaining a tight seal. Some amateur brewers run into problems finding quality bottles and are resigned to using cheap, fragile substitutes. Re-bottling is a risky option, but it is usually better to re-bottle beer than to allow it to lose carbonation in a deficient receptacle.

You should wait at least two weeks before you sample the bottled beer, and if you try it too soon, the unappealing taste could also result from a lack of maturity. If you open the beer before the two-week period and feel the need to re-bottle it, you may have to add yeast to reanimate the process. Opening a bottle introduces oxygen and allows carbon dioxide to escape.

Your beer may be beyond repair if the taste is too offensive, and your only option is to forget your pride and start over. The two most crucial factors to consider when re-bottling are proper sanitation and expediency.

You have to limit the time that the beer is exposed to avoid oxidation and a loss of carbonation. Although several beer producers use clear bottles for their products, you should acquire amber or dark-tinted glass for your homebrew. Corporate brewers sometimes use clear bottles to highlight the color of their beer, but they do not expose the bottles to light until the beer is distributed.

If you collect used bottles for homebrew, select the thickest and darkest bottles you can find. Only use bottles that previously contained beer, and avoid using bottles that contained non-edible liquids such as chemical cleaners.

Rinse the bottles before sanitizing and remove any debris or residue. Fill the bottles with the sanitizer and soak the caps in a clean plastic container filled with sanitizer. Some brewers suggest soaking the caps in vodka to avoid the possibility of rust occurring from the sanitizer. After pouring out the sanitizer, leave any residual foam from the sanitizer in the bottle. To avoid contamination, never use a cloth to dry the bottles.