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Yes, I saw that and I am using pet bottles so doing it that way would make sense. Thanks for the reminder....

It was the potential inaccuracy of trying to measure 1/2 a teaspoon (2mg) which was troubling me, much easier to weigh for the the bulk addition. It mentions 85g for a 40 pint keg, which is equivalent to the 2mg per pint. So just to be clear, you are say I can add 85g to the bulk, then bottle...

My stout will be at the same stage this weekend. The instruction say add 1/2 spoon full in each bottle, would it be sensible to add it in bulk to the FV, before transferring to the bottles? It then says two days in the warm, then 14 days somewhere cooler. I read somewhere else - to leave the...

No, it's in my utility room, which north facing. I just wondered because the fermentation seems least active first thing on a morning, when its still dark.

Might light affect the yeast's fermentation process I wonder?

I'm paying much more attention to the process, as this is the first return to wine and brewing in 25 years. I noticed my wine 5 gall. seemed to take a rest in its fermentation mid process, then today my stout did exactly the same - as indicated by the airlock. Both have/are carefully temperature...

It has developed into quite an interesting thread, based on my innocent question - thanks for all of the explanations. I wasn't suggesting I would be doing any brewing or wine making, with first sanitising (or sterilizing). I have gallon container made up with Chemsan, plus a spray, into which...

It was at the old Kirstall Whitbread brewery, long since gone - other than being warned to be careful not to fall in, I was working alone and there was no safety equipment, other than a plank to balance on.

My ordered reflectometer arrived a couple of hours ago, so I have been putting it to the test. This one... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/153701254571 I must say I am very impressed with just how easy to read it is, when compared to an hydrometer. I checked the initial calibration with some water I...

Two of the local to me TC's have reopened, both always appeared to be fairly busy in the past, in good locations.

Both Wilko kits. The wine was supposed end its fermentation in 7 days, it actually took 10 days, until Friday last, using carefully controlled 22C. On Friday I decided it had slowed down so I checked the SG and decided it was done. On Friday I added the stabiliser, finings and moved it out to...

There is something which is puzzling me... In the dim and distant past, before water treatment, often water was unfit/unsafe to drink, so beer was drunk instead. As I understood it, the brewing process made the water fit and safe to drink - or have I got that wrong? As a youth, I remember...

Oh, its a supermarket only brand - I have been asking in a few local pubs, in the hope of them having some surplus Grolsch bottles - no wonder I was getting blank looks.

As a cheaper method than using the drier in my utility room, I have a set up with multiple washing lines, a fan to circulate the air and a dehumidifier running. It dries clothes overnight, much more than would fit in the machine. I have the dehumidifier water fed directly into a drain, via a...

I have always been curious about the significance of the word 'milk' in milk stout and what it was all about, anyone? When out, I normally drink bitter, but the odd time I have had any beer at home, my choice has been Mackeson. I used to buy it and quite enjoy it when it was in bottles, not so...

Thanks both, yes I logged a reading with the hydrometer at the beginning of the fermentation process, then checked and logged it for the second time on Monday. I calculated it as 8% my wine is still busy bubbling after 11 days - so I have left it for now..

So, if I'm understanding it correctly - there is no point in my just taking an SG reading towards the end of the fermentation process with a reflectometer, I must take one at the beginning as the reference, then use the above chart to work out the correction when a later SG is taken with the...

The refractometer I have ordered is marked in SG and supposedly temperature compensated (?). Will it still need any conversion calcs?

Because the property values rise much more than can be had for the rents. Home properties in the south too, are truly ridiculous. Around here, property prices are much more sensible, so we get lots of people living here and commuting a distance to get to where ever they work. I found I was...

Interesting idea, I have a jeweller's digital scale I bought originally to look at mixing my own vape liquids by weight. Thinking about it, the difficulty is in measuring the volume accurately, which was why I decided that measuring weight was a much more accurate way to make vape liquids and...