Recent content by mick8882003

Thanks, I guess its play the waiting game again, Cheers! Mick

Been going since Sunday.

Been doing a lot of cyders lately. Just put one one the other day. I think I got carried away with sugar, its currently at 1090. It started fermenting pretty well, but now theres just a few bubbles on surface. What do you guys think? Mick

Yes I had three cans of ginger beer in there, anyone know how many calories in a ginger beer?

Ok I think its fermenting now, its sitting on 1030, which by my calculations, it has dropped ten points. I didn't use a nutrient pack and its the bog standard coopers yeast. Thanks guys Mick Carey

oh god I completely forgot about the hydrometer, was getting to used to going of the foam and condensation. Doh!

Put down a coopers ginger beer on sunday and its failed to kick off. I think its because I forgot to areate it, its a 60l batch 6kg of sugar, its sitting on 19deg There's no cariouson (spelling) or condesation, well only just a little. Anything I can do to help it kick off? Mick C

Why not carbonate naturally, that would cut down on some CO2. Mick C

One word, Kegs! Seriously I haven't had a bottle explode since I started kegging, give you one guess why :) Seriously the time you save is well worth it.

I know that its three times the recommended size, but would you guys think that one wyeast pack fire off a triple (for 19L kegs) batch? Brings the price down to 5 bucks a batch, which I can live with.

I am wondering if anyone has a great non-alcoholic ginger beer recipe? preferable k&k for the ease. Cheers Mick C Edit: oh yes and I plan to keg it...

It surprises me that it might be the kit, I have done four or five in the last few months and have had good results at higher temps.

I have a cider brew sitting in the fermenter ready to keg. Tastes ok, but it has a slight skunky smell to it, smells a little like toilet water or waste water. Its a brigalow brew with a kilo of dex. Should I keg it? Whats the likely cause? Cheers Mick

The only thing I can think of is I used two packets of yeast, being a double brew. Tell me is it likely its infected?