It was US05 yeast and been sitting at 22 degrees consistently.
Smelt and tastes OK.
I had a packet of Coopers Ale yeast laying around so i have put that in. I figure if its a dodgy brew I wont loose anything by trying.
I have had an Amber Ale down in the fermenter for 6 days now. Its nothing fancy, a concentrate kit from Brewcraft. After 6 days the reading haqs gone from 1052 down to 1048. Looks to me as if its not fermenting.
Can i just put fresh yeast in to get it started?
I have used ec1118 -champagne, as well as uos maxithiol-white wine yeast. Very similar in taste between the two, both came out pretty dry which is how I like it.
this weekend I will try another 5L batch and water it down some to see what happens.
Its in bottle, id prefer to have lower % in bottle as currently you have to have 2 drinks worth of alcohol once you open the bottle.
pretty confident with my numbers, I have down half a dozen beer brews without issue so far.
cheers
Het guys, first post here.
I started brewing beer earlier this year, just kit and kilo at this stage. I found an orchard just out of Adelaide that sell straight from the orchard cold pressed preservstive free Apple and Pear juice (they only do the mix as they are a pear orchard mostly).
I have...