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Hi, I have put the following brew on 2 months ago and it has been sitting on 1.02 for the last 20 days or so. Seems high, but as i am using lactose, it might be adding a bit to that number. Anyway... hoping that one of you calc wizards could tell me the approx expected final gravity of the...

just about to bottle a 5 litre batch of fruit wine. I am intending on bottling most still and a couple of bottles of sparkling. My question is, -Should I treat the 5 litres of wine with a campden, bottle the still, wait 24 hours, then add some yeast and sugar syrup to the remaining and bottle...

It has been a week since pitching yeast into a fruit (feijoa) wine (7 litres) The recipe said to rack off for secondary ferment after 6 days, but was just checking the timing of that. It is still bubbling through the airlock every 20-25 secs. Should i wait? And, if i do wait, how long is too...

Yeah...im that guy. So i had a batch of ginger beer brewing for about a month before bottling at 1.000. Backsweetened aand primed with sugar, and squeezed the pet bottles so as to get in indication of when they might be ready. After taking 10 days or so to expand, although still not bulging...

Hey, I am bottling my next gingerbeer batch tomorrow and was considering trying a few out by priming with honey. Was going to do 8-10 grams per litre of sugar, but, no idea how much honey per litre to achieve as good carb.. has anyone had any experience with honey priming to be able to advise?

It has been a warm Autumn here in Tassie with temps really only chilling my bones this week. With this change and my inexperience i brewing, I wasn't sure whether I need to consider heating my current batch of ginger beer.. It has been brewing for maybe 11 days even 2 days ago had a steady flow...

Only had one from the 1st batch and working on getting carbing right on the remaining bottles. I have to say, the recipe needs a bot of refining, but, the effect was suitable. Learning from the mistakes of last time (bottling was a bit of a b*tch with all of the solids in with the brew) my...

Hi, Firstly, i'll let you in on an interesting little fact... until 3 months ago, I didn't drink for 12 years, and now, I find myself on a brewer's forum..lol. Now that I am back on or off the wagon (whichever it is), I am partway through my 1st attempt at brewing ginger beer, but, feel...