Recent content by mrblenny

Not dumb at all, I did 1 teaspoon of sugar per 750mL bottle. Capped, gave a few shakes and then kept at ~18-20 degrees since. I have had 6 bottles so far, 1 was completely flat, 1 was almost at what I would call full fizz, the others only mild fizz (little hiss when you open, few bubbles as you...

I did eventually bottle this (at just over 1.001) , and the final taste was pretty good with a nice alcohol content (*feels* like ~5% to drink). However not all bottles fizzed properly which is a shame. Considering they took 4+ months to get down to 1.001, not surprising they are a bit flat...

Just an update: Measured 1.014 today. So it is going down about 0.002 a week. At this rate it will be another 6-7 weeks before it is ready to bottle. I am not *that* concerned but it would be nice to bottle shortly. Is it worth the risk of briefly opening it up to put some more yeast and...

Hi Krausen, Well the swirl and heat has helped - it started bubbling not long after and I have kept it at around 24 degrees throughout the week. I was going to measure yesterday but it was still bubbling through the airlock every 5-10 minutes and today it is still going (although I suspect it...

OK, sounds like a plan. Just to clarify do you mean to just swirl it (and *not* any more yeast or nutrient)?

OK, So I did some googling and it seems that other people with Morgans have had it finish at ranges from 1.010 to 1.000. So assuming my brew measures 1.014 tomorrow (making it 3 days in a row at same reading) what should I do? Add more yeast and nutrient, or bottle it up?

The brand is morgans. Well if it isn't out of the question then I guess it might be worth bottling. Perhaps just wait till tomorrow and re-measure..or should I add some more yeast? Note I used 2kg of sugar.. I guess worse case is some bottles burst....

I did think it strange that the instructions never mentioned the air gap if it was so important. What about the hydrometer reading? I was going to bottle tonight seeing as the reading has been steady for 2 days but can the syrup explain a reading of 1.014?

After waiting another week the bubbling has stopped and the hydrometer has measured 1.014 two days in a row. Worried about how high this is I spoke to the local brew shop and they told me it can finish at this reading due to the extra non-fermentable sugars in the syrup. Apparently I also made a...

This is my first ever brew and I was wondering if I should be worried at the time it is taking for fermentation to complete? Currently I am sitting on day 19 and I just measured a specific gravity of about 1.018 and it bubbles through the air lock every 15-20 seconds or so. I didn't measure the...