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20C for the first week or so then after the main fermentation activity had finished I've increased it a couple of times up to 22C. I just took a hydrometer reading and it's 1010, which is the same as it was two days ago. What did yours get down to?

If it's reading the same for the beer as it does in water that does suggest that it has finished fermenting.

What reading do you get when putting your hydrometer in plain water?

How strong is 3 litres of apple juice, 250ml grape concentrate and 1KG of sugar? Let's say 330g of sugar from the apple juice (assuming 11g per 100ml). Less sure about the grape juice concentrate - if it's 65g of sugar per 100ml then call it 162.5g Plus 1KG sugar = 1.49KG of fermentable sugar...

I've already stated that I'm not in favour of breaking up the UK. However, it cannot be denied that the government message in 2014 was Vote No to Scottish independence to stay in the EU. The subsequent Brexit referendum result meant that England effectively decided to take Scotland (and NI and...

Sounds like a euphemism... :laugh8:

The many splendored options for confusion offered at every turn by the foibles of our language.

Back in 2016 concerns about Brexit leading to problems in NI and hastening the break up of the UK were certainly raised by remainers, but were dismissed as project fear. Three years later a June 2019 poll of Conservative party members revealed that: "Conservative members would rather break up...

Bro, do you even English?

That needs some context! Depending on viewpoint it could mean: 1) Horrible right wing lying Tory government, stupid xenophobic Brexit, young people face a worse future than previous generations, climate change deniers! 2) Woke lefty liberal madness, can't call a spade a spade anymore, too...

Are you taking hydrometer readings? You can't rely on the timescale quoted in the instructions for beer kits.

Think I'm leaning towards just making some apple wine and abandoning the prune juice...

Thinking about making some fruit juice wine I randomly bought a carton of prune juice. It's described as being 100% juice and I had a vague recollection of it being described by some people as tasting a bit like red wine, so was thinking it would work, probably with some cartons of apple juice...

My test result came back that I am primarily made from real ale and curry...

This is how I see it. Personally I'm against breaking up the UK and I was also against leaving the EU. We move forward by coming together, whereas populist, nationalist politics are all too often poisonous and divisive, appealing to patriotism and exceptionalism and driving people apart to gain...

After four weeks my red grape and apple juice seemed to have finally stopped fermenting so I have racked it off into another demijohn with campden tablet, stabiliser and plenty of shaking. Had a little taste and what it immediately called to mind is the carafes of cheap local red wine that you...

Airlock bubbling seems to have almost stopped so took a reading and it's down to 1016 from 1064, so a cheeky 6.3% ABV. Colour is currently a very murky dark orange and from the fermenter it certainly has plenty of malt flavour - I might well have taken it to be some sort of stout in a blind...

3.9% was the wherry best you could do?

It looks as though fermenting 1KG of sugar should add 2.6% alcohol to a 23 Litre brew according to Calculate Potential Alcohol Percentage From Fermentation So in theory if you make a 23 Litre kit but leave out 1KG of brewing sugar that the instructions say to include, you can knock 2.6% off the...

Using sugar (Typically 1KG) with a kit just adds alcohol rather than body and taste, so leaving it out would seem a good option if you want a weaker but still tasty beer. I wouldn't just double the amount of water as the result could be very thin and, well, watery.