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Hi guys. Here's a little update on my brew. I bottled it on the sixth after 48 hours of fermentation. It was at 5.25abv and 70%atten. It has been in the bottles for two days and is probably about halfway there in terms of carbonation. I can tell from the clear bottles that the liquid has...

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Thanks. I checked my numbers and I'm at 5.25 abv and 70% attenuation. I think it is because I used an entire pack of yeast on a 1 gallon test.

Hi guys. I started my brew around noon on Sunday. Within a few hours the Nottingham Yeast was doing its thing and it was bubbling like crazy. Around 5 pm today (Monday) I noticed it had slowed significantly, to about one bubble every 30 seconds. Does this sound like stalled fermentations...

Sorry I just saw my answer on post 241. I've never added this much at bottling. Excited to try it!

Hi all. Looking to try this recipe, but kegging is not an option. So, would I add the "at kegging ingredients (sugar water, honey etc.) as a secondary, or just at bottling? Thanks!

Thanks, everyone. So, mrgrimm101, if there is no need to secondary why would you let it sit for another week since it hit the final gravity. Not trying to be argumentative, just trying to understand. Thanks for your help, everyone. After searching the forum a bit, it seems like everybody except...

For what it's worth, I only brew with water from the tap. For the first couple times I bought gallons of spring water and it just became an annoyance. I haven't noticed a difference.

I had OG/FG reading issues with one of those kits. Looking back, I topped up to 5 gallons and didn't stir adequately. As a result I didn't get a good OG reading. According to the numbers it should have been an abv of 2.5%, but when I drank it that clearly wasn't the case. Wait and see how your...

Ps I have hit the suggested FG.

Hi folks, I am taking a pass at my second recipe not using a kit. The recipe is below for your reference. I am on day 10 of fermenting. On day seven I went to secondary. Haven't seen any air lock activity in 48 hours day 8). Gave a vigorous stir and now there is an occasional bubble now and...

Thanks. That's helpful as far as yeast selection. Now topping off after racking. This will be my first effort at wine, so I don't have some from a previous batch to top off with (Not that I couldn't go buy some...haha). I have read that topping off with water is not optimal. What should I use?

Hi. I'd like to try out wine (I do a fair amount of beer), and this looks like a nice place to start out low-cost. Any suggestion on which one which wine yeast? Thanks!

I was just looking over my brew day notes. That is exactly what happened! My OG was 1.063, then I realized I wasn't at the 5 gallon mark. I filled up and then got a reading of 1.032. So I should have stirred better first? Meaning my OG of 1.032 was inaccurate? Thanks again!

By the way, good call on checking the directions. Haha!

Yes. It is the Brewers best. I definitely added all the ingredients in the box and after cooling the boil I filled it to 5 gallons and pitched. It seems to me that the only reasonable conclusion is that I took an incorrect reading. Sadly, I just stirred my carboy and need to wait for all the...

Hydrometer. Og 1.032. Currently. 1.016.

Thanks for your input. I did pitch the directions, which was a good call. Oddly, I am still getting bubbles but, unless I took numbers wrong, I am still at 2.2% after another week, 47% attenuation based on my hydrometer reading. I'm thinking give it another week in the carboy (3 weeks total)...

Thanks for all the help folks. It's appreciated. Oddly, I am still getting bubbles but, unless I took numbers wrong, I am still at 2.2% after another week, 47% attenuation. I'm thinking give it another week in the carboy (3 weeks total)? To be honest, I don't want to waste the bottles on...

That does make me feel better. I usually secondary them and wonder why I bothered. So would you recommend just leaving it in primary till the bubbles stop then bottle carbing?