I've made beer once before from a beer kit. It was a great success! Lots of bubbling and a nice end product.
This is my first wine experiment. The point was to see if I could try and make something drinkable from ingredients found at ANY grocery store in Finland.
I think I have a stuck fermentation. Its only been a day I know, but I was getting a little activity after 1 hour and the next day I expected crazy bubbles. It seems slower than the first hour now though!
Could someone check my documentation and see if i've made any fundamental mistakes or is this totally normal?
Thanks!
This is my first wine experiment. The point was to see if I could try and make something drinkable from ingredients found at ANY grocery store in Finland.
I think I have a stuck fermentation. Its only been a day I know, but I was getting a little activity after 1 hour and the next day I expected crazy bubbles. It seems slower than the first hour now though!
Could someone check my documentation and see if i've made any fundamental mistakes or is this totally normal?
Thanks!
Time of production: 18 February, 2008 - 21:00 (9pm)
Intro
I got real excited and rushed this one a bit. Everything here is non specialized, using ingredients from my local shop (Every food shop in Finland will have these exact ingredients). My vessel holds 6 liters.
Method
Boil about a liter of water.
Add 1 DL of sugar.
Wait for water to boil again.
Add 18g (a packet of Santa Maria brand) of powdered ginger.
Whisk until ginger has no clumps.
Wait to boil again.
Whisk some more.
Add to fermenting vessel and top up with water (about 5 liters total solution).
Allow to cool to about 26 degrees Celsius.
Crumble 1 cake of fresh bread yeast 50g into the solution.
Whisk the solution very well to aerate it.
Seal it and store at room temperature until rapid bubbling has stopped.
After notes
The biggest mistake I think was to over boil the ginger. Imagine you where making tea. Boil some water and when it has boiled, remove from heat and add the ginger. Whisk, then add the sugar. Like with tea, if you over boil it, it will taste bitter.
I think the ginger smelt a bit like burning when I left it on boil for a few minutes.
I also put the sugar in first. I don't know if this makes a difference or not.