Questions tagged [fermentation]
The anaerobic process by which yeast convert sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
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48 hours into ferment. Fermenter temperature is 73°F. Should I cool it?
First time brewing. I have a IPA in a 6.5 gallon bucket fermenter with US-05 pitched into it. I've got the fermenter in the basement and temperature probe taped to the side of the bucket. Ambient room ...
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Impact of different gravities for the same ABV
We can have the same ABV with diferents gravities. My reading for watermelon wine is:
1.064
0.997
=8.79%
However I found some recipes with readings like this to the same type of wine.
1.090
1.023
=8....
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Can cider ferment in under a week?
I started a cider brew one week ago and when taking the gravity today it was 1.000, the starting gravity was 1.065 which according to the calculators online I have an abv of 8.5% (ish). Is it possible ...
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Low attenuation beer good enough for bottling
I recently brewed a new 5 gallon batch of hefeweizen. Measured OG was 1.054, I then racked to secondary fermentation after a couple of weeks, the last week of that had had no visible yeast activity. ...
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Sanitizing top-off water?
While waiting for the Foundry to get back in stock, I found a scratch-n-dent sale on a 5 gallon pot on amazon and decided to give an extract a try while waiting. Extract brewing seems to have it's own ...
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Did I kill my cider?
I've been brewing this cider for 8 days. It was going smooth and had a lot of krausen so I took out a bit two days ago, but now it has passed more than 48hh and I was expecting some more krausen or ...
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Hard Cider causing burning stomach sensation
I only recently started making hard cider at home. My problem is that it causes a uncomfortable burning sensation in my stomach after two or so drinks.
I am using about 5g of yeast and 1.5kg sugar on ...
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Stopping fermentation in soft drinks
Does anyone know how they manage to stop all these (naturally) fermented drinks sold commercially from fermenting once they are bottled? I’ve seen kombucha bottles coming from another part of the ...
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Beer left fermenting 2 months
Brewed beer in 5 gallon bucket in my nyc apt then had to leave town bc of covid. Been sitting there 2 months. Will it be smelling up my apt or building? the water on airlock has surely evaporated. ...
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Foam collapsed after less than 1 day
First time brewer here.
I got a Brooklyn Brew Shop kit for a NE IPA on my birthday and followed all the instructions, I thought, well. I pitched the yeast sometime in the afternoon this Sunday and ...
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Activity in fermenter has increased suddenly after 2 weeks, why?
I'm a total beginner and really appreciative of any advice here. I'm making a 1 gallon batch of IPA from a kit. I brewed 16 days ago, and in the first 48 hours of the wort being in the fermenter it ...
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Why is it so hard to find a decent fermenter?
Brew n00b here. I've been reading the Palmer book and looking around for gear. I've got a kegerator so not planning on bottling. That kind of makes half the stuff in the "homebrew starter" kits not ...
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Using 6kg's of grains for a 10liter batch Pale Ale brew
I accidentally used 6kg's of grains (Simpson's Ale base malt & Caraaroma) for a 10 liter brew, 10grams of Mangrove Jacks Empire Ale Yeast and 75grams of Hops (Columbus,Centennial and Yellow ...
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Half the amount of dry spray malt added to a kit
I have just realised that I have only added half of the required amount of spray malt to my beer kit on day 7 of fermentation. Can I just stir in another bag of spray malt after racking it off the ...
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Is my beer infected? from an amateur. Posted a picture
I used only DME and hops to boil the wort. Added dry yeast directly. I looked up on the internet for similar pictures but couldn't find any. I know every beer ferments differently. So I thought I ...
