hi,
So after brewing a few beer kits, i decided to go "off-piste". I found a ribena alcopop recipe, that basically heated up a bottle of original ribena with a few liters of water to desolve a kilo of sugar. Once cool i added a teaspoon of yeast, and a teaspoon of yeast nutrient, and some lemon juice. Decanted the mixture into a demijohn and topped up to the shoulder with water to allow room for fermenting. It sat in the corner of the living room, and i was confident it's fermenting as i hear the air lock bubbling from time to time. It's been there for about a week and a half, at about 20 degrees centigrade.
This evening i decided to test it with my hydrometer to see how it was doing. Attached is the pic. Basically the hydrometer is floating off the scale. It tastes super sweet.
Could someone explain the reading to me? is there just loads of sugar still in the brew, and it's fermenting really slowly?
I take it i should keep taking readings until the brew levels out? having said that if it's off the scale of my hydrometer, will it ever decrease enough to get onto the scale?
Any suggestions/wisdom, much appreciated.
So after brewing a few beer kits, i decided to go "off-piste". I found a ribena alcopop recipe, that basically heated up a bottle of original ribena with a few liters of water to desolve a kilo of sugar. Once cool i added a teaspoon of yeast, and a teaspoon of yeast nutrient, and some lemon juice. Decanted the mixture into a demijohn and topped up to the shoulder with water to allow room for fermenting. It sat in the corner of the living room, and i was confident it's fermenting as i hear the air lock bubbling from time to time. It's been there for about a week and a half, at about 20 degrees centigrade.
This evening i decided to test it with my hydrometer to see how it was doing. Attached is the pic. Basically the hydrometer is floating off the scale. It tastes super sweet.
Could someone explain the reading to me? is there just loads of sugar still in the brew, and it's fermenting really slowly?
I take it i should keep taking readings until the brew levels out? having said that if it's off the scale of my hydrometer, will it ever decrease enough to get onto the scale?
Any suggestions/wisdom, much appreciated.
