Samwisethebrave
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I am only a week into my first brewing experience. On 7/28/21 I purchased a 2 gallon brewing bucket with a rubber grommet in the lid, an airlock (3 piece), star san sanitizer, some yeast nutrient, and a packet of wine yeast (I'm a dummy and can't remember which one).
I bought 3lbs of wildflower honey, and a gallon of distilled water.
I sanitized all equipment that was used in the mixing of the must.
I mixed the water, honey, nutrient powder, and the entire packet of yeast. I put the lid on the bucket, added water to the airlock, and popped it in the lid. The bucket has been sitting in my closet for just shy of a week.
For the entire time I've been seeing activity in the airlock, but this evening I noticed that the airlock had reached neutral pressure, and that worried me.
Since starting this brew I have also purchased a hydrometer, so I opened up the bucket, sanitized a turkey baster, sample tube, and hydrometer, and I took a reading.
It came out to .990
Since I did not have a hydrometer when I started I have no idea what the gravity was when I began, but based on the gravity reading I'm getting now I can only assume two things.
1. No more sugars for the yeast to consume
2. Yeast has reached its tolerance
Now, I put 3lbs of honey in one gallon of water. I assume that it shouldn't have burned through all that sugar in less than a week. So, I'm confused.
I may have made a mistake at this point. I decided to add more honey, and mix it up. After that I took a new reading. It came out to 1.016. So, I guess if it goes back down then the original 3lbs of honey I had wasn't as sugar loaded as I thought it may have been. If it doesn't then perhaps I got a bad packet of yeast, and it all died off for some reason, or it reached its tolerance.
OR
I'm a big newb dummy and I have no idea what's happening with my brew.
So, any help would be great. Please be nice
I bought 3lbs of wildflower honey, and a gallon of distilled water.
I sanitized all equipment that was used in the mixing of the must.
I mixed the water, honey, nutrient powder, and the entire packet of yeast. I put the lid on the bucket, added water to the airlock, and popped it in the lid. The bucket has been sitting in my closet for just shy of a week.
For the entire time I've been seeing activity in the airlock, but this evening I noticed that the airlock had reached neutral pressure, and that worried me.
Since starting this brew I have also purchased a hydrometer, so I opened up the bucket, sanitized a turkey baster, sample tube, and hydrometer, and I took a reading.
It came out to .990
Since I did not have a hydrometer when I started I have no idea what the gravity was when I began, but based on the gravity reading I'm getting now I can only assume two things.
1. No more sugars for the yeast to consume
2. Yeast has reached its tolerance
Now, I put 3lbs of honey in one gallon of water. I assume that it shouldn't have burned through all that sugar in less than a week. So, I'm confused.
I may have made a mistake at this point. I decided to add more honey, and mix it up. After that I took a new reading. It came out to 1.016. So, I guess if it goes back down then the original 3lbs of honey I had wasn't as sugar loaded as I thought it may have been. If it doesn't then perhaps I got a bad packet of yeast, and it all died off for some reason, or it reached its tolerance.
OR
I'm a big newb dummy and I have no idea what's happening with my brew.
So, any help would be great. Please be nice