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Thanks very much for all the great suggestions!

Hi, I've gotten hold of a bunch of demijohn/glass wine things and intend to try and make a few different kinds of wine over the next few weeks. I was hoping people here could help me out with suggestions for what types of dried yeast to buy. On eBay it seems like you can pick 'n' mix...

I have no hydrometer :( How long should I leave it do you reckon?

After about a week of fairly hefty airlock bubbling, it's not bubbled once in about 2 or 3 days. Does that suggest the fermentation has finished or stuck?

Cheers! Thanks very much for your help.

4-6 weeks?! The instructions say 4-6 days.

Okay, yeast ordered. Should be here in 3 or 4 days. Should I add the whole packet or just the 80% that is missing? Unfortunately I don't have a hydrometer so how should a gauge when to start bottling?

Thanks for your reply. Will adding the yeast a few days later make much of a difference?

Hi, I attempted to brew for the first time yesterday using one of the regular 23 liter home brew kits you find on ebay/amazon etc. Unfortunately I added the dried yeast when the the water/sugar/malt extract mix was way to hot (probably not far off boiling point!) as I thought it was the hop...