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 Posted: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 15:32:32 Post Subject: |
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BB,
The fermentation is done, after you bottle it you have to wait a week or more to give it a chance to carbonate. Usually this involves adding some type of sugar to the mixture prior to putting it in the bottles. This will cause a slight amount of additional fermentation to take place in the bottle that will produce the C02 for carbonation. I'm not sure what the kit includes for this, but it's definitely recommended that you wait the week after bottling. If you had a way to introduce C02 artificially you could actually drink it right now, but that involves kegs and regulators etc. etc. (you're probably not ready for that yet, wait till you next batch  ).
Generally most any homebrew beer is better than the standard bud, miller, etc... but as it was mentioned earlier it's usually not quite as good as the commonly available "micro brews". Also, you tend to get more of a yeast taste because the carbonation fermentation step will leave some sediment in the bottom of every bottle. This sediment is yeast that has died/become inactive due to alcohol content and lack of sugars to metabolize.
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