Recent content by alptraum

it's been two weeks today. fermentation stopped almost to a halt, one bubble or so every minute. i could not stop but taste it, and it exhibits a vinegar-ish character, although a slight, honey/sweet taste can still be tasted. should i consider the result now, and decide to trash it and make a...

http://imgur.com/a/3NGjs check this out. second picture, on the bottom right orange, there's an odd looking culture. every other major culture (grown on fruit) seems to be white, not yellow (check for example, the first picture, center, right, where the orange was pieced away. strawberries were...

So after the primary has slowed even more, down to 30-40 secs minimum per burp, I decided to add more fruit and yeast. Also I couldn't resist not to smell the must, and i believe it's bad. It smells pungent, a bit vingar-ish, and extremely alcoholic (ok, I did bend in to smell it, and it felt...

tweake, I have used this yeast. I'm running into a problem. The fermentation is either stopping or hasn't fully started yet. It bubbles slowly - very slowly - one big burp every 30-60 seconds. My guess is that either (a) the biggest part of it already is done, and now it's slowly down, but...

Thank you for the reply. I have used an isopropyl solution to sanitize everything (1:3 ratio), dropping the chlorine tablets altogether, and then wiping with boiled water. I understand the purpose of pasteurization, however, I chose that path because stealing is common, thus, I'm not sure the...

Thank you for the reply. I have used an isopropyl solution to sanitize everything (1:3 ratio), dropping the chlorine tablets altogether, and then wiping with boiled water. I understand the purpose of pasteurization, however, I chose that path because stealing is common, thus, I'm not sure the...

Yesterday I have proceeded according to plan, with the exceptions that: a) I didn't kickstart the yeast, since pasteurizing honey took quite some time. When I later went to aerate the honey (which i totally forgot about in the post, but remembered along the way), much more "skim" surfaced. I'm...

has any progress been made on the electromechanical design of such a device?

Hello - long time reader, first time poster. This will probably be a long post. Last week I decided to make mead (and get into homebrewing). I bought a fermentation bucket, champagne yeast (this, specifically, also an airlock, honey, tea leaves, and oranges). I'd like someone to point out...