Ahoy,
Yet another post from the n00b.
I've started brewing some ginger beer. The recipe contains root ginger and some other spices, but the fermentables consist of 500g medium spray malt and 110g of honey (to make 5 litres). SG was 1048.
My problem is fermentation is incredibly slow compared to the kits i have brewed, is this to be expected? The yeast is the same I have used in a previous kit and seemed to exterminate the sugars like some kind of insane microbial life-form!
Does it just work slower on spray malt?
Temps should be fine, was pitched at 25.5C and should be around 18-22C throughout the day although it may drop somewhat in the night.
Have now placed a brewbelt on it, although I'm worried it'll heat it up too much as it's only a small volume of wort (is it still called wort when it's actually fermenting?).
Yet another post from the n00b.
I've started brewing some ginger beer. The recipe contains root ginger and some other spices, but the fermentables consist of 500g medium spray malt and 110g of honey (to make 5 litres). SG was 1048.
My problem is fermentation is incredibly slow compared to the kits i have brewed, is this to be expected? The yeast is the same I have used in a previous kit and seemed to exterminate the sugars like some kind of insane microbial life-form!
Does it just work slower on spray malt?
Temps should be fine, was pitched at 25.5C and should be around 18-22C throughout the day although it may drop somewhat in the night.
Have now placed a brewbelt on it, although I'm worried it'll heat it up too much as it's only a small volume of wort (is it still called wort when it's actually fermenting?).