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yes mate my advice would be if it tastes tart the yeasts are starving

thank you for the explanation. very useable information.

i thought it a bit odd when the ph of a lot of foods containing sodium benzoate as a preservative would tend to be somewhat ph neutral?

wow, is this true tried and tested? it may solve my current problem if this is correct.

hi mate yes i see that happen sometimes whrre it slows down. Are you feeding plenty nutrients in? there needs to be nutrient as well as sugar for example with my ginger beer recipe i found adding a bit of fresh apple and sometimes pear the little yeasties love it when you add a bit more...

My wife said it was too strong &wouldnt drink it. The star anise sounds interesting i might give that whirl..cheers..The whole project for the batch i mentioned was too see how far i could take it & i did pretty well, it wasnt un unpleasant or odd alcoholic taste..but like the old moonshine we...

righto..I just finished making a batch that knocks your socks of..basically, i used a mxture of champagne yeast and red wine yeast, used all fresh ingredients, ginger of course, lemons, limes, a red chilli even a little pineapple and some green apple slice, fairly heavily spiced on 1 occasion...

i just fed my ginger beer plant golden syrup..i got wine yeast in there..its gone into hyperdrive mode..they didnt seem to like white castor sugar i was thinking traces of bleach?