Thank you - I will try that - never realised it was an option - every day is a school day - in the interests of research, I will sample a few random bottles tonight - just to be sure :)
Hi everyone - I am a novice homebrewer and brewed 40 pints from a Yorkshire Ale kit 3 weeks before Christmas - I followed all instructions and took all necessary sg readings and eventually bottled it about 4 weeks ago adding 2 carbonation drops per 500ml crown capped bottle - Came to open a...
Thanks Nidger - I will as you suggest leave it a few days longer - probably till the weekend - It is a flat lid brew bucket and the lid appears to be tight fitting but I suppose the gas will find its easiest route out so a leak is potentially the likely reason for poor activity. The tip about...
Hi - I am a complete novice, and have pressed my own Apples and started a Cider brew with 2.5 gallons of juice
The initial Apple juice was 1.45 on the Hydrometer - I added a commercial wine/brewing yeast and left it at 16 deg C for 5 days ands nothing seemed to happen so I moved it to a warmer...
Hi Everyone - I am a complete novice but quick learner and hope to be enjoying the fruits of my labour in the not too distant future. I have loads of questions but will look through the forum first to see where it is, Just started fermenting 2.5 gallon of Apple Juice pressed from my own tree...