Questions tagged [fermentation]
The anaerobic process by which yeast convert sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
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Fermentation stopped too early
This is my very first brew. I put a really small amount of beer (4 litres) into the fermenter (I live in a small apartment and I found a recipe for 5 litres - I tried that) on Saturday afternoon. The ...
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non fermentation
I tried to home brew, boiled apples and used the extracted juices, 8.8 litres placed it in a bucket with a grommit added 5grams of champaign yeast, let it sit for 4 weeks but is still very flat how do ...
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What if I forget to "feed" my wine?
I've been fermenting and "feeding" my wine for about 4 days. I am going somewhere and have to skip a day on "feeding" it. Feeding as in adding sugar and more flavoring. What ...
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Fermenting at a fraction of the fermenter size - is it OK?
I'm currently doing 1.3 gal batches in carboys and I want to scale up to full 5 gal batches - I have a 30L fermenter but don't have the equipment to brew at that batch size (yet!) - I can probably ...
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Didn’t completely add a stopper CraftABrew
I want to know if this is a blunder. I put some water but I didn’t have the lid that I’m holding on my hand. It’s been 2 weeks like this and I noticed it when I was adding cascade hops at the end of 2 ...
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Specific Gravity and fermentation of wine
I thought it would be fun to make grape jelly wine. My specific gravity started at 1.104. After day five fermentation appeared to stop at 1.08. I increased the temperature, added lemon juice and yeast ...
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Batch size affecting my Final Gravity?
So i recently fermented a pale ale but only was able to transfer just under 4 gallons of my planned 5.5 gallons into my fermenter due to transfer issues. My final gravity is shooting past my 1.018 ...
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CraftABrew tubing immersion exposed to air overnight
I’m trying craftabrew home brewing kit(West Coast IPA). There was a lot of yeast activity on Day 1 after putting it in the container. Day 2 I removed the tubing from the steel vessel, cleaned the pile ...
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New to cider making and have some questions
I thought I'd try ferementing a gallon of pure apple juice (in the glass jug, straight from the store). About 11 days ago, I poured out some juice, added a cup of sucrose, shook it, pitched some cider ...
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Dilemma whether it is MOLD on kombucha with green section
I am in the process of making my third batch of Kombucha and ingredients that I have used were
Darjeeling Black Tea
Darjeeling Green Tea
SCOBY (of course)
Note: i haven't flavored yet
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Is my ginger beer safe to drink?
While fermenting ginger beer I found out after 24 hrs of fermentation there's this white layer on the top of surface has grown.Is it safe to drink?
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Chlorine taste in 3 batches 🤬
I’m new here, but wondering if any of you guys & Girls help!
I’ve been brewing for about a year and done over 20 brews of various different beers mainly PA’s and IPA’s using a Grainfather. For ...
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Can I move the beer to another location while its fermenting?
I have my equipment in a town that is 2 hours from where I live, this last month is being hard to travel there too often so it is making very complicate the fermenting and bottling process. So I'm ...
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Stopped fermentation wine
My fermentation seems to have stopped too early. I don’t have much experience (mostly some wine and mead making failed attempts) or proper gear like a hydrometer.
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Stuck ferment - gingerbeer - or just strange yeast?
I've just (as in 2 days ago) laid down a gingerbeer (kit build - first time) - est finished ABV should be 4.0%.
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2 x Brigalow Gingerbeer Packs
3 kg Dextrose mono
43L Sterile Water
2 packets ...
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