fermenation issue

I am brewing mead for many years, and now recently trying beer as well. My first attempt was a liquid extract brew, where I also tried reusing the yeast from a recent mead, but that didn't work and the must sat around for a day or so before I added some fresh dry yeast. After that it did get...

Hi All, I’ve been reading various post on this forum as well internet searches and you tube vids, all with the aim to start brewing my own mead, it is my favourite drink. Found some great info, quite a lot of different opinions and ways about doing things but I choose what seemed the simplest...

Hi Everyone, I’m new to brewing. I currently have two batches of plum wine fermenting in buckets in my cupboard at 21 degrees. One batch I started 5 days ago and the other 4 days ago with the same ingredients (brewing sugar, sugar, campden tablet, pectolase, yeast and yeast nutrient) and have...

Hi, I recently brewed a BIAB batch of what I hoped would be an imperial stout with an initial OG of 1.084 and an expected FG of 1.017 on a 14 litre batch pitched with US-05. After 4 days I checked the fermenation which gave a gravity reading of 1.040. I then checked a further 6 days later and...