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sorry Moley i'm new and cant understand the abbreviations sorry mate i'm dull as doodoo :roll: tumpey

back up came at .980. 11.9% according to calculator, not bad but gutted i broke my best hydrometer

my mistake, hydrometer cracked and taking in water, bugger. have back up will post SG for reference

i started 5L of red Lidl grape juice on 23rd feb at 1070 sg. it stopped fermenting last week and i added more sugar. tonight after fermenting has stopped i measured it again and it red 840 sg, checked it 5 times and it reads the same. i used the calculator on here and it said ABV 30.5%...

this is my worry, i opened the lid of the bucket and it was full of foam, next day was nothing, its an old bucket so i don't know if it is airtight, but, i let the air in anyway, did i kill it? :roll:

hi thanks for reply, my T/C in DJ's is bubbling constantly so thats ok, and after checking now the WOW is bubbling ok too (it wasnt last night). but my20 liter bucket of T/C is very quiet, i used 20l Lidl apple juice 5g of ale yeast and 1tsp of Youngs dried active yeast. me and my mates have...

my Wow started on 23rd feb didn't whoosh nor it isnt like a lava lamp, it is fermenting but slowly. T/C still fermenting in DJ's very slowyl but 20 litres i have in fermenting bucket looks dead(there was loads of froth when i opened the lid to check but none the day after. have i ruined the(yet...

yes........the hard way. got up one morning and kitchen cupboards covered in grape juice, looked at the advice on here and realised what had happened. :roll:

woohoo, thanks, I'm hoping this will impress SWMBO, i'll start it before she comes home :cheers:

i dont have any :roll: should i wait until i can get some? thanks

i only have Youngs Dried Active Yeast, is this any good for WOW or will it disappoint. thanks for any help :cheers:

sorry for coming in on your thread, i 3/4 filled 2 DJs and had a bit of squirtage through the air lock, there is quite a bit of scum now around the shoulders and nech is it ok to top up or should i transfer it to another sterile DJ?

just Lidl red grape juice, it was my first attempt at this. I made some from fresh blackberries last autumn which went ok but this has been a disaster :(

haha, cheers Moley, onwards and upwards :cheers:

i told my mate in work yesterday that i had found this site and although having dabbled with home brew, was about to embark on marathon attempt at making the excellent recipes on here. his reply was "get it wrong and you might go blind" Really? is this true or is it an old wives tale to stop...

hi thanks for that, to give you an idea, it whooshed around the bung and ferment was over in 4-5 days, SG is 1000 and tastes like vinegar, i suspect game over but as my son in law bought the ingredients i was hoping to ressurrect it rather that bin it as i will have to replace it. :?

when i tried it it has gone sour, i put a tatty cork on the air lock and didn't seal the DJ properly. is it possilble to re-sweeten and re-ferment? many thanks for any info.