fermentation

Hey all, This is my first brew I've done and I went with the recommendations to do an extract kit. I went with Coopers Canadian Blonde (made with 1kg of dextrose.) The instructions said it would be done fermenting in about a week. Yesterday (one week in fv) I checked the gravity and it was at...

Hi guys! I had a go at brewing ginger beer today, I followed the recipe but added some extra sugar to make it stronger. It's been over 3 hours since adding the yeast, stirring and sealing the lid and airlock. I still havent seen any bubbles pass through the airlock, is this normal? Have I...

Howdy folks, hope everyone is supping well and staying safe. I have a second 30bottle MYO red wine kit to start to make and because I don’t have another 30 empty bottles I am wanting to have a play about with flavour and rack it into 6 separate demijohns and then bottle later. My question is...

I like to do many things from scratch. I grow my own vegetables. I can food. I make my own jerkey. I sew. I try to fix things I have. If I had unlimited funds/space, I'd have kilns, I'd melt metal, create plastics, etc. I'd love to build my own home. But I have limited skills in many...

Ok so I have a brew fridge set up and I’ve just brewed a batch of Wilko Cerveza lager without an airlock, I just used foil over the airlock hole. My next brew is a Make Your Own Red Wine kit from the Range and it is also my first ever wine brew. I have read up about the kit on here and it...

Santa gave me a Tilt Hydrometer and with my current brew (a dark mild) I have been able to monitor the SG and temperature remotely. For the first week, I was pleased to see the SG falling steadily towards the estimated target, but in the last few days it has started to go up again! OG was...

I hope this is the right place to post this. It is I think technically about equipment. My brewery is a modified garden office with a cold water supply and electrics. It has double glazing and insulated walls and it has, so far, managed to maintain about 2oC even when it has been -6 outside. I...

Hi guys, What are your recommendations for 1 can kits? Can I use 1kg of dry Spraymalt on it's own instead of 1kg brewing sugar? To get a maximum flavor. Or it's better to mix the spraymalt with sugar? If so, then what are the proportions? Enhancer? Is it good idea to use it? What is the...

Hello, I just brewed a DIPA (all grain) and 36 hours after I have no activity in the airlock. I can see lots of activity in the fermenter itself - particles swimming around like crazy - there’s a real party going on in there! Just nothing in the bubbler. Anyone any ideas what, if anything might...

Hi all I have my first lager brewing, a Wilkos Light lager 4% kit, which has just stopped bubbling and has been at 1.014 for a couple days, I am hoping it still goes down further as it is only 3.3% at present, I’d probably be able to drink the entire FV worth in one sitting at that strength...

Just a real simple question I've been wondering about... When bottle conditioning, does it make any difference if the bottles are upright or laid on their side?

Hi everyone. This is my procedure for 23l (6gal) batch: -heat water to about 70°C (158F), amount of water [l]=grain weight[kg]*3 (that is, for my current recipe, 15l(4gal) ) -add grain (BIAB), maintain temp. between 62°C 70°C (143-158F) ( I can not hold a constant temp. so it varies) -after...

Hi guys started a turbo cider about 4 days ago, no bubbles and I have no idea if it’s fermenting... If it hasn’t/doesn’t ferment at all, is it possible to boil up and re start using this Apple juice , rather than being left with 30l of funky AJ?

Hi all, a couple of weeks ago I brewed this recipe https://byo.com/article/strong-scotch-ale-style-profile/ but instead of using the suggested yeast I used Mangrove Jacks Empire Ale Yeast M15. The problem is that I forgot that I have to use more than one pack. I was planning to let it in the...

Hi. I have been toying with the idea of making wine under pressure in my fermentsaurus. Why? You ask. Well because I've had great result on making beer this way, and the extra heat speeds up the process. The pressure allows me to ferment at higher temps without the biproducts from the yeast...

I woke up this morning and just before I was leaving for work I checked my beer I brewed on Saturday. As I rushing for work I changed my frozen bottles over and used some kitchen towel to wipe the overflow from the lid but I didn’t have time to change the airlock so I just left it alone...

I pitched liquid British Ale II Wyeast 1335 a few days ago (at 19 degrees). Only 2-3 days after I found the packaging in the thrash to check the manufacture date and it was 13 Nov 2018 which could explain why the fermentation had not kicked off. Ordered two packets of dry SafAle S-04 which...

Hello everyone! My name is Chris and I am as green as they come to home brewing. Currently living overseas in a country where I cannot get brewing supplies and my first batch which is a 5 gallon amber ale has had no yeast activity since pitching and I am on day 4. The air lock hasn’t bubbled...

Evening, I’ve got a question that is bugging me and would be great if so one could clear it up it may sound stupid earlier today I took the air lock off my fermentor and a small amount of the sanitised solution fell into my wort. Will the affect my beer in the end in any way. The satanised...

Looking for advice, I'm setting up a kegerator in a wardrobe in my bedroom and want to use it for fermentation, but limit or remove the smell issue. I was thinking of using one 19L corny to ferment in, with the CO2 produced by fermentation going into a second 19L corny. I'd then be able to vent...