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    Alcoholic Ginger Beer - Second Ferment's Final Gravity Higher than Starting Gravity

    Lets see how this plays out in a couple of weeks. Thanks for all the help so far. I've got some more data to share, in case anyone is curious: Measurements taken on Oct. 25th - After Aerobic Fermentation, Right before starting anaerobic fermentation pH:3 Refractometer -Brix: 11.6 -SG: 1.043...
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    Alcoholic Ginger Beer - Second Ferment's Final Gravity Higher than Starting Gravity

    Hmmm, gotcha. Yeah, I can't make heads or tails of it at all. Thought I must've misread the first time around but having taken the measurement thrice I can't come up with anything! Unless I took an incorrect reading the first time around (pre-anaerobic fermentation) and my backup (using the...
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    Alcoholic Ginger Beer - Second Ferment's Final Gravity Higher than Starting Gravity

    Gave it another go with both of them (even after what you said about the refractometer) and I got the same readings. Definitely reads 1.000 in plain water too. No sugar is added after primary fermentation (it's sweet enough even after bottling which is why, depending on how I want it to taste...
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    Alcoholic Ginger Beer - Second Ferment's Final Gravity Higher than Starting Gravity

    I've been brewing my own Ginger Beer for some time (Recipe ratio is a gallon of water:378 g sugar: 13 cm ginger:2 tbsp ginger beer plant) using a plant (SCOBY-like organism, not a ginger bug - mixture of ginger,sugar,yeast and water) and just recently decided that it'd be a good idea to start...
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