GazzaW57

As an update, I bottled the IPA around the middle-ish of November. I had thought about drinking some of the bottles at Christmas, but I...

I took them out after a short while. Hopefully it’ll add to the taste and not detract from it.

As an update, I’m now having another bash at the tea bag wine, and this time I’m adding yeast nutrient to the demijohn. I’ve also added...

Thank you, that’s wonderful advice. I’ll give it a go in the new year.

Thanks. That's reassuring.

The SG on mine was 1.100 so they’re similar.

I did wonder about the nutrient, but decided to follow the instructions to the letter. I’ll probably try it again in the new year and...

Tbh I’m not really sure. It could be that the heat mat I used may have kept the temperature a bit too high. There again, it fermented...

I’m afraid I gave up. I tried the restart yeast and nothing happened, so I consigned it to the sink plughole. I don’t like giving up...

Yes, that’s it in a nutshell. TBH, whilst I’ll be a bit disappointed if it fails, it’s not the end of the world. The one thing I like...

Ah right. I’m still relatively new to this, so I just dissolved two teaspoons of sugar in boiling water, added the yeast, and then when...

It does still taste sweet so I bought a re-start wine yeast and added it to the demijohn. We’ll see how it goes.

It is high. I’m using a hydrometer and I’m at a loss to know why it’s still so high. It bubbled away for over 3 weeks, so I was...

Thank you. I’m popping to the home brew shop tomorrow to see what they have.

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