Questions tagged [fermentation]
The anaerobic process by which yeast convert sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide.
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c02 production during secondary fermentation
I just moved my wine from the primary fermentation bucket to a carboy with an auto siphon. I had some trouble with the auto siphon. It worked fine when I tested it out with water. But when I used it ...
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How to find out if there is vinegar in a beer brew
I am brewing ginger beer for the first time ever. In fact this is the first time I am brewing ever. I used 200 grams of sugar, 100 grams of yeast, a few mint leaves, and a whole lemon (sliced) in 1.5 ...
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increase pressure in fermentasaurus
I'm making my first pressurized brew using a fermentasaurus . All has been well for the first couple of days, but unfortunately one of my children had a "what does this do?" moment and opened up the ...
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Three days into fermenting beer and getting really sharp, bitter flavors, will that mellow out?
I'm 3 days into fermenting my IPA in a Fermentasaurus under pressure (if it makes a difference) and I've just taken a hydrometer reading, all better than expected. The beer looks beautiful and hazy, ...
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FG is 10 points under expected. Contamination?
I brewed an Imperial Stout and was aiming 1.099, but got 1.090 OG (By adding 1 pound of DME)
After 13 days, my FG was 1.022 which was exactly my target.
5 months later, I took a reading and got 1.012....
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Home brewing for the first time ever
I am home brewing for the first time ever. I had the following queries pls. Hope someone will answer:
I mixed 200 grams of white sugar, 100 grams of ginger, 2 complete lemons, mint leaves and 1 ...
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Reusing yeast yes/no and how much?
Just a quick question on reusing yeast.
I am about to bottle a 40 pints of St-Peters cream stout this weekend I was going to save the yeast and use it again. I'm going to do a small 1 gallon batch of ...
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Why is my ginger beer not sweet yet?
So I didn't follow a recipe as such for my Ginger beer but here is what I did:
Champagne Yeast, grated ginger, honey and water fed every day for about 1 week (created GBP)
Topped up to 2L with water ...
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Strands Like Hair in Fermenting Beer
I am brewing a schwarzbier using US-05 because I don't have a setup to brew a real lager. The OG was 1.047 and I have a current gravity reading of 1.012 after 5 days of decent fermentation at an ...
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How SCOBY is grown?
I can not seem to find an answer to the question how kombucha is made from scratch without already posessing SCOBY or kombucha.
For example a sourdough starter is grown only from flour and water, ...
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Should I add yeast when bottling an IPA after sitting in secondary for 1.5 months
I'm VERY new to homebrewing. This is my first 5gal batch. I moved from primary to secondary after 1-2 weeks. I then (due to life, work, forgetting to order bottles) have left the beer in the secondary ...
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Krausen gone after 24h. Is it normal?
I brewed a new batch. I am using extract and a yeast that I have never used before: SafAle BE-256. I got a nice healthy Krausen by the morning after brew day, with massive CO2 activity, but by the ...
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How to know if kombucha is alcoholic?
So I am into making kombucha at home: I made a SCOBY, grew it, and I have successful kombuchas. My normal recipe makes a "ginger kombucha", pretty much kombucha with sugar and ginger. It disappears ...
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Fermentation time
I am looking for some advice.
I successfully completed a first all grain batch on the brewzilla (OG 1.048). Airlock activity ~every min at day 14 (yeast S-04 @ 18dc).
Dry hopped loose (~80g total) on ...
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Should I agitate my beer [rock the carboy] while it's fermenting?
Just wondering if I should agitate the carboy during fermentation/towards the end when it starts to slow?
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