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    Elderflower champagne - can I speed up fermentation?

    My first post here. I am making my first brew ever. 2½ weeks ago I started ~25 litres of elderflower champagne with an SG of 1.069 and 11 g of Nottingham yeast. It is however fermenting really slow. I get a bubble in the air lock every 8 seconds or so and it has reached 1.059 in the 2½ weeks...
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    A "Stiff" Country Time Pink Lemonade?

    Hey All, Brewed up 5 gallons of pink lemonade according to the directions on the mix-jug, added about 3 pounds of table sugar, boiled the whole mess and dumped it in the carboy with some Safale S-05 I had started up. more: pcc1 44 triều khúc When I got up this morning, no activity. After...
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    Apfelwein sediment in corny keg

    Question. I had a batch that was 2-months in the carboy and I racked it straight to a corny. I was careful to leave the trub behind. Cold crashed before racking. I pumped up the keg and let it sit charged in the fridge for a week. Then I pulled it out and filled 4 grolsch bottles and stuck them...
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    What is the purpose of yeast during maceration?

    Hi everyone So I've been making country wines and regular grape wines for a while now, and I'm just starting out in brewing beer. It was my understanding that during the maceration period of the fruit, that the yeast, already present in grapes, and intentionally added with country wines such...
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