Recent content by Reggie

Thanks tor all the advice, I should be bottling Wednesday. I have built a heating/cooling fridge so will follow the heating/cooling advice. Thanks all feel a bit more confident now. Best wishes, Reggir

Hi bomburns127, Thanks for the comment, What I am concerned about is when I bottle with a little sugar as primer will I get a head when open the bottle. Would the yeast be spent so no secondary fermentation in the bottle. Regards Reggie

Hello everyone I am new to brewing, just did my first IPA kit but have a problem. So any advice would be helpful. Had to go away for a few days when I got back beer looked tohave stopped checked with hydrometer had 1012 over 3 days and looks dead flat no bubbling at all. My concern is if I...

Thanks Tartan Special & choppy tea for you advice. Being new to this forum I didn't see the calculators. I will let it go and suck it and see. Thanks, best wishes, Reggie

Hi, thanks for coming back. It was a complete kit which did not require any sugar to be added. I cannot remember what grape juice it was my wife threw the carton label. Original reading was 1085 and now is 999, my hydrometer has a yellow band to say bottle. From the readings would you know...

Hi to everyone, I am new to this forum. I have retired and have resurrected my interest in home wine making. Can anyone give me some advice. I have 5 gallons of white on now which is just about finished fermenting, checking the wine with an hydrometer it's about 8/9 percent. How can I get this...