brewer boy
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Hi y'all,
I attempted a brew of ginger beer on the weekend. However, I forgot to put the sugar in with the hot water and it was only after I topped up to 23 litres of cold water (at which point the temp was not hot enough to dissolve the sugar) that I realised I forgot to add the dextrose.
I put it in and gave it a very vigorous stir before letting it cool a bit more and then pitching the yeast.
There has been no sign of fermentation in the brew. Since Sunday I have been monitoring it, taking SG readings and giving it a gentle swirl each day to try and get it started but to no effect.
I'm just wondering if I've got 2 kgs of sugar sitting on the bottom that the y est isn't eating up.
Here's the recipie:
1 Kit of ginger beer (could have been Morgans?)
2kg of dextrose
fresh grated ginger
1 packet of yeast.
The initial SG reading was 1.034
I took another reading on the hydrometer on Wednesday (which confirmed my suspicions that there had been no activity - same SG reading). I I did take another reading on the hydro this morning and it had actually dropped to 1.028 but it has been 6 days and there is no sign of anything really happening.
I'm not sure where to from here. My best thought is to pitch some more yeast. Perhaps prepare a starter this time around?
Any other thoughts or advice would be much appreciated. A reccomendation on a good yeast for GB would also be appreciated.
Thanks.
I attempted a brew of ginger beer on the weekend. However, I forgot to put the sugar in with the hot water and it was only after I topped up to 23 litres of cold water (at which point the temp was not hot enough to dissolve the sugar) that I realised I forgot to add the dextrose.
I put it in and gave it a very vigorous stir before letting it cool a bit more and then pitching the yeast.
There has been no sign of fermentation in the brew. Since Sunday I have been monitoring it, taking SG readings and giving it a gentle swirl each day to try and get it started but to no effect.
I'm just wondering if I've got 2 kgs of sugar sitting on the bottom that the y est isn't eating up.
Here's the recipie:
1 Kit of ginger beer (could have been Morgans?)
2kg of dextrose
fresh grated ginger
1 packet of yeast.
The initial SG reading was 1.034
I took another reading on the hydrometer on Wednesday (which confirmed my suspicions that there had been no activity - same SG reading). I I did take another reading on the hydro this morning and it had actually dropped to 1.028 but it has been 6 days and there is no sign of anything really happening.
I'm not sure where to from here. My best thought is to pitch some more yeast. Perhaps prepare a starter this time around?
Any other thoughts or advice would be much appreciated. A reccomendation on a good yeast for GB would also be appreciated.
Thanks.