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  1. Bearded_brewer

    Homebrew has stopped bubbling

    Hi don't know if I have a problem. Doing a bandit brew and there is no bubbling in the airlock. Done a hydrometer reading and it's only ready 1.016 for 1.054. Is it a leave it five my days or bottle now?
  2. James Burton

    MAGNUM wine kit: Dead still at 1.014 – give up or EC1118?

    Dead still at 1.014 – give up or EC1118? Grape concentrate 6th November: following the recipe ‘7 – 10 days’ ready to drink instructions, which I have used before several times. “Mix 3.5 kgs sugar...top up concentrate to 22.5 litres...add yeast and nutrient, keep at around 25 degrees C.” My...
  3. andyb13

    Porridge Use in Beer

    I brewed one of my standard beers last week (recipe below), but decided I would add porridge oats this time to increase haze and mouthfeel. Mashed for around 60 mins and boiled for 90mins. Used S-05 (yes it was past it's BBE by a few months), would normally use a fresh yeast and make a...
  4. S

    Clarifying use of enzymes

    Hi everyone, this is my first post and I would like to ask for help regarding my second brewing attempt. It may be too late to save, but…. I am brewing a Belgian blonde which is currently in the fermentation tub sat on a heat pad hooked up to an inkbird temperature regulator. Fermentation was...
  5. ChIpStIcK

    Help thread! High FG lager or stuck fermentation?

    I'm brewing my first (Czech) lager. Getting cold here so planned to lager for a few weeks in the garage. I'm concerned I may have a stuck fermentation. My OG was 1.060. I pitched 10g pack of mangrove jack's m84 into 28 litres which I understand to be an underpitch. I left it at 12 c for a week...
  6. C

    Pitching Extra Yeast - Stuck Fermentation

    I brewed a Belgian Wit not the Friday just gone, but the Friday before. OG was 1.045 and I was expecting FG to be around 1.012. I am hoping for a quick turnaround (hoping to be drinking it mid-July for my birthday), so I took a gravity reading last Thursday and it was at 1.020. I took another...
  7. Tartantaco

    Bulldog, Evil Dog Double IPA - Stuck fermentation

    Hello everyone, first post here and my second extract kit fermentation. Everything went great for the first few weeks of the fermentation, however, now it has got stuck. Fermentation started of good with a fast reaction and I maintained a temp of 22 degrees. Now I am at 18 days of...
  8. UKSkydiver

    Stuck or Done?

    Looking for a pointer please – this is my very first brew and I’ve been reading a ton for a week or more and getting lots of information… not sure what I should do for the best… It looks like I may have stuck fermentation (or a long lag time down to amount of yeast / brew strength) . I...
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