Recent content by WilliamFromEngland

I'll give the yeast nutrient a whirl. I didn't have any when I started but I do now. Near as I can tell pH is about 4.5 - 5. I always have trouble reading strips and I hate digital pH meters bc they're always out of calibration. Maybe I'll get some 3.8 - 5.4 strips to give my eyesight a better...

I'll give that a whirl when I stir it!

It's still plugging away at .007per day so I reckon I'll just let it keep going. It's in a bucket with loads of head space and the lid loosely fitted to keep the fruit flies out. Stirring seems extremely drastic to me with my pure mind ;) but as this is a pure experiment I'll give it a go and...

Thanks Chuck I didn't check pH but I will do today when I take a sample. I think in future I'll use a duck's foot to aerate before pitching. I didn't provide any nutrients. Maybe next time. This is just a 1gal batch to get a feel for it. I'll make another as soon as my fermenter is empty, using...

Thanks for that. I didn't measure pH, I'm using a wine making yeast and pitching temp was about 65f. I'll measure the pH when I test gravity later today but I didn't add any acid. What am I aiming for? About 5.5? I have a feeling the problem is insufficient aeration, I did get my daughter to...

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Hi everyone. I spent 12 years making English ales commercially up til 2020 and now I'm trying to get into making my own fruit wines like the older generation used to do at home. As a brewer I used to get questions from home brewers, often about slow fermentations which were causing...

Hi everyone. I spent 12 years making English ales commercially up til 2020 and now I'm trying to get into making my own fruit wines like the older generation used to do at home. As a brewer I used to get questions from home brewers, often about slow fermentations which were causing...