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  1. Maricel

    Multivitamin tablets in your brew

    I was recently told that crushing a multivitamin tablet and adding it to my wine would help the health of the yeast. I only make small 5L batches but is this true? I already add a little DAP Ta
  2. Maricel

    Ginger Beer

    Is it best to use new or old ginger to make alcoholic ginger beer?
  3. Maricel

    Attenuation

    I see that cream of tartar is often used, why? Can I add this at the end of the ferment as I wasn't aware I needed it when I started the fermentation?
  4. Maricel

    Attenuation

    In case anyone is interested, this is my recipe and process. I'll check back in in a couple of weeks with an update...
  5. Maricel

    Attenuation

    Unfortunately, there are no clues on the packet as I'm using bread yeast.
  6. Maricel

    Attenuation

    Thank you both for your very useful replies. I now have a much better understanding of that parameter. Do either of you have any idea of a suitable fermentation temperature for ginger beer? I live on a sub tropical island and temperatures are around 30C at the moment. I have an old chest...
  7. Maricel

    Attenuation

    I have just made my first batch of ginger beer. Using the Brewers Friend website ABV calculator I entered my initial sg reading and my intended final sg. The calculator has a field called: Apparent Attenuation and the value is a percentage. How does this number relate to the final...
  8. Maricel

    Ginger Beer

    Hi, I'm new to this brewing lark and live in a part of the world where brewing equipment, supplies, and environment are really stacked against me. I want to make some alcoholic ginger beer, probably around 5% and not too sweet, but not dry. I want to use as simple a recipe as possible, ie...
  9. Maricel

    Fiery Ginger Beer

    What does the 'Cream of Tartar' do?
  10. Maricel

    WOW

    I've seen youtube videos about wow and one thing seems to be apparent. Wow seems to create a big frothy head during the early stages of fermentation and tends to 'flood out' of the airlock. I had a thought but I don't know if it's a good idea. If I add all of the ingredients but only half the...
  11. Maricel

    Tannin

    Can anyone tell what tannin brings to the party and can you taste the difference? Thanks
  12. Maricel

    Ginger paste with salt in it?

    I've never been able to get Young's yeast to activate!? What am i doing wrong? Baking yeast just works, first time, every time. I have no idea of the abv, but it's got kick. I've never tried making ginger wine before. I mostly use store bought juices like grape and apple. I'd hardly call them...
  13. Maricel

    Ginger paste with salt in it?

    Thanks guys... What kind of alcohol level am I looking at with bakers yeast? I'm gonna use good old PG Tips, is this ok? Thanks again...
  14. Maricel

    Ginger paste with salt in it?

    Ok, I kicked off the ginger wine last night. There are a few differences to the above recipe though: - 1. I forgot to put the tea in ( is it too late? ) 2. I put half the lemon juice ie 1/2 cup 3. My Youngs active dried yeast failed to activate again. What is going on? 4. I used a 12g baking...
  15. Maricel

    Ginger paste with salt in it?

    Ok, I'll give it a try... Recipe: I have a 6 ltr container and aim to harvest 5 ltrs Ginger paste 150g Raisins 100g Lemon juice 1 cup Cold black tea 1 mug Sugar 1 kg Pectolase 1/2tsp Yeast nutrient. 1tsp Wine yeast 1tsp Chop raisins before adding...
  16. Maricel

    Ginger paste with salt in it?

    Hi everyone, I wanted to try a lazy man's ginger wine. I thought I could save a lot of time and mess by using Ginger paste. I duly bought myself a jar of authentic Indian Ginger paste from the local spice Indian shop and hurried home excitedly. My excitement was short lived after...
  17. Maricel

    Difficulty starting ginger wine recipe

    Hi everyone, I'm quite new to this brewing fun and wonderered if anyone can help me with a puzzle. I put: 250g root ginger (well scrubbed and washed). 3 shinny, big lemons (also scrubbed and washed. Hopefully this removed any wax) Into a blender and zapped them to a pulp. I also...
  18. Maricel

    Hired brewing equipment and facility

    Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me? Many years ago, i remember seeing a TV news article about someone setting up a facility that was fully equipped to make beer and wine. Ordinary people could come to the facility and hire the necessary equipment and work space to brew their own beer...
  19. Maricel

    mr corny

    I'll take that as a big fat NO... www.deedsnotwords.co.uk Check out the link :-)
  20. Maricel

    mr corny

    Did you giys ever get your corny kegs from eastern europe..?
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