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If lower FG means bitter and sour better, then does that mean my OG was low? At a OG of 1042, sounds like I will end up with a 2 or 3% beer. If a FG is supposed to be above 1.000, then should a OG not be at least 1060 for an average 5% beer? Should I next time add more sugar and test OG...

Just checked the yeast I used - my reply was wrong. I used Nottinghams brewing yeast. I'm now confused with some of the recent replies. First what is wrong if the yeast get the FG below 1.000 - doesn't the lower it go mean the higher alcohol. With a OG of 1042, wouldn't something like 099...

Ok, I pitched newly bought wine yeast about 7 days ago. As my post original stated, this was the 2nd packet since the 1st was 2+ years past its expiry and was totally dead (wort sat for 3 days with absolutely no change in gravity with the 1st packet). After 24 hours of pitching the new yeast...

OK, I got new dry yeast from the store yesterday and pitched it last night. Been almost 24 hrs and nothing? No krausen, no bubbles, no nothing?? Any ideas - is the wort bad? Even if so, why would the yeast not feast on the 1.1kg of dextrose I put into the wort?

OK, been about 3 days now, and the yeast is DEAD as can be. No krausen, bubbles, and just checkerd with hydrometer and sg has not changed at all (was 1.042 3 days ago, and still is). So my question. Is it safe/ok to add new Lastly, I have one more packet of the same dead yeast - I suspect...

Thanks for the quick reply. Forgot to add one more question. When I sprinkled the yeast, I did mix it around with the spoon for about 10 seconds. Am I supposed to stir after adding yeast? If so, do I really want to mix hard so it gets all throughout or just a little? Thanks

I'm a newb to making beer. Only made two "beer kits" a few years ago, but now want to get back into it. Eventually I want to make my own beer from scratch, but first I want to experiment with the easy kits. I made a new batch today with a kit. The yeast was 2 years past its expiry date...

I thought the obvious question people would ask is: "why would you leave your kegs alone for 2 months". Though to answer the carbed wine question, the answer is why not! I've bought sparkling wine at the store and it is very good. Plus I have a 4 tap tower with 4 soda kegs, and since I...

I brewed a few beers and have them in soda keys, plus I also had one wine in the same soda keg. They have been connected to my co2 and bar taps for about 2 months with no use. I assume the beer and wine lasts in the kegs for a very long time, but being that I left the co2 on would that have...

I'm a newb to the homebrewing including my newly setup 4 tap beer tower with 4 cornies. When I was first setting it all up, I made sure to connect all the hoss to the quick connect adapters very well using hose clamps - also made sure hose clamps were used on the connection to the co2 bottle...

Like already mentioned - THEY LOOK AWESOME ON A BAR!!!! On my 4 tap tower I've got two beer, one sparkling wine and one Coke-Cola.

I calculate that my abv is 6.7% which is about right and where I expected. I already added 3 tsb of potassium sorbate - does this not kill off the yeast or do I need this k-meta? If my 3 tsp of potassium sorbate was enough to kill off the yeast, then sounds like I just need to sweeten the...

If I were in the US, then making a 19L corny with store bought vodka and mixed juices would be feasible. But here in Canada, a 750ml bottle is like $22 after taxes. I'm not sure how many 750ml bottles I would need to make a abv of 7% in a 19L corny, but I'd guess at least 5. Thus my 19L corny...

I've found a few different recipes on the net for a "cooler" flavoured malt drink and none said to add hops. The recipe I found did however say to use DME but my local homebrew did not have some so said I could use liquid malt extract instead - they did say thought that 1 lb of DME equals about...

I'm new to the homebrew thing. Recently got my 4 tap beer tower all plumbed to my four cornies - now I need to fill them with some good stuff. I've now made a total of two beer batches - one was done about 3 weeks ago and is not bad at all - the other is still in the primary and will be...

Just took another reading today - in the last 5 or so days it has gone from 1020 to 1014. So based on this 6 points drop in almost a week, does it sound like it is slowing down, or is this typical if the yeasties are still doin there thing? I guess I'll just keep checking it weekly until...

Actually, I will need them all connected. I have a 4-tap beer tower all plumbed to my 4 kegs. I plan to also have one beer, one wine (yes wine, but it will be sparkling due to the co2 carbination), one home made cooler, and then one actual Coca-Cola (I have a bud that works for Coke and he can...

That really looks great. Definately gives me some fresh ideas and options to custom make something. I see in your setup, you didn't actually cut up the original fridge but rather only took the door off and basically extended the fridge and reinstalled the door to the addition. Do you know if...

Oh forgot. A chest freezer would also not be optimal as I want my fridge or freezer to fit under my bar within an open space. This space is approx 35" high, 22" deep and 24" wide. If I get a chest freezer, I would have to pull it out each time I wanted to access the kegs as there would be no...

Dumb question - but wouldn't a freezer be too cold and cause the beer, pop, etc to freeze. I know most freezers have a temp control, but I didn't think you could actually set a temp below freezing? Am I wrong - do most freezers have a temp control to set it to just chilling versus freezing...