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I went to my local brew store. They said to try and transfer to another bucket, add another yeast packet, and yeast energizer to the wort (5- .5tsp of it). Temp is stable at 74. Hopefully I should see a result by Sunday.

Made my first mead with my brother-in-law. When visiting my beer store the lady said I would need one package of Pure pitch yeast for 5 gallons. Reading the package, it says an SG over 1.065 needs 3 packets. My current SG is 1.096. Can I get away with one package or do I need to go buy two more?

Can I add another packet of yeast? If the temp raise doesn’t work?

Was wondering if I can add cocoa nibs to my stout while it finishes it’s primary fermentation? I hit a snag when the temp went too low and fermentation slowed significantly. I got the temp back up but now want to see if I can add the nibs around Wednesday if it hasn’t finished. Any thoughts?

Temperature is at 65 now. I’ve seen it bubble a few times and the air lock is still pushing the water. My next question is...can I add cocoa nibs while it’s fermenting if it hasn’t gotten done by Wednesday?

I use this website and haven’t hit a snag yet in previous brews https://www.brewersfriend.com/refractometer-calculator/

Thanks for the replies! For more info the refractometer reading was 13 (1.053) and should drop to 7 (1.014) for the OG-FG to be completed. It’s at 10.5 but should have been closer to 7 by now. I think the yeast is inactive bc the readings haven’t dropped since Thursday. I put a towel under...

I making a milk chocolate coconut Stout. I added my yeast and it pitched successfully and it started to bubble after several hours. I noticed on Friday that it was getting to be too cold in my basement and the temperature Was at or went below the 60°. The fermentation temperature for the yeast...

I’m making a peach ipa and have added 2 cups worth of frozen peaches after defrosting, boiling, cooling and adding it to the beer. After a few days, I haven’t found the kick of peach in looking for. I’ll add the next 2 cups I bought as frozen peaches, but if that doesn’t do it to my...

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Fair enough!!! I appreciate everyone’s input. Soooo no gifts for New Year’s we will just drink at my house!

No, I mean it’ll prob be a game time decision. I’ll let this one sit in the fridge for the rest of the day and try it tonight. If it’s not where I want to be I’ll put another one in the fridge and let it sit till New Year’s Eve mid afternoon. If those two don’t work out the way I want them to...

I have a New Year’s eve party coming up that I want to hand out these bottles for. I don’t know if I should give it to people to drink at the party or take home as a gift