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Nice. Effectively, CO2 is rising those stuff to the top and then goes to bottom with gravity. I'm happy to see you have the same first point of view than me. Thanks!

Hi buddys! I started a peach cider with apple and peach juice one week ago with EC-118 champagne yeast. I started it in my primary food grade plastic bucket and racked it in my 1 gallon glass carboy. I noticed a 3 inch headspace on top on the fermenter when I racked it. So, I...

I usually wait 3-4 days in the primary, SG is around 1.010ish at this time. I rack it in the carboy for a week and I bottle. I do this quick process for all the beers I made since 2010 and no problem at all.

Thanks a lot!

I never close the lid of the bucket so the yeast can have oxygen to do their work. I just put it on the top so nothing fall in the wort. When the fermentation is about 1.010ish I rack it in the carboy.

Follow the SG with your hydrometer it's the best way to know what's happening with your beer. If you don't have one... buy one :D since you have the bug hehe. 5 days is a bit long for no sign of fermentation. Did you see any krausen? If you saw it and it fall down, that's an other good sign of...

I usually rack my beer in the carboy when the SG turn around 1.010ish. You got a good krausen quick, that's a good sign for you. Be sure to check the SG gravity before racking because if you are racking too soon maybe the foam with blow off your air lock. I usually rack my beer after 3-4 days. I...

You mean I should buy more juice so when I rack my cider in the carboy I fill the headspace with it? It will ferment again and blow off my air lock?

I should also specify that is a hard cider I want to do.

I want to do a 1 gallon cider with apple and peach juice. I don't have a 1 gallon food grade bucket for the primary fermentation or any plastic bucket that size. Is it possible for me to do the primary fermentation in my 5 gallon food grade bucket (big head space) and then rack it in my 1 gallon...

Nah be sure that it's not under the fill line

I drank a microbrewy who brew a smokey beer using liquid smoke. It's the only beer I didn't drink to the end in my life.

I can't skip the money argument when a grolsch bottle if free from my buddy and I should pay 65$ from the LHBS. I would love to have a lot of keg. It takes less space than beer case. For the light skunky argument, my bottles are in a cardboard box in my basement so.. and the grolsh bottles have...

I bottle since I started brewing 2 years ago.Bought a kegging system a month ago can't wait to build my kegerator. Can't wait to see my wife face when she see the kegerator in the workshop hahaha! I do 23 liters batch so i'll bottle 4L and keg the left-over. I gave a dark ale to my friend last...

I leave in Canada so I just put the brew pot in the snow hehe we must have at least an advantage. You really need to cool that wort as quick as possible so the wort chiller is the best thing for you. I use immersion wort chiller like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcLmROP-LfY You...

I hit the SG of 1.020 today, as the instruction told I racked it in my carboy. Wine is very different then beer. There is no big layer of yeast in the buttom of the primary bucket. I got the answer for the yeast today, it's the EC118 Champagne Yeast. The instruction told to leave the wine in...

I stirred the future wine like they told in the kit instruction to shake the grape skin and by the same way introduce oxygen to help the lovely yeast :-)

I looked the SG today and it's 1.070. Looks like the fermentation is just slow. I can see big bubbles not like beer krausen but I can see fermentation indication. Thanks a lot for your answer. I don't know the kind of yeast I used, I drop the bag in the garbage... All I see is beer yeast bag...

here is the link of the wine kit I followed the first day instruction by the book with clean water I bought at the grocery http://www.rjscraftwinemaking.com/product/Grand-Cru-International-Italian-Nebbiolo?sortBy=ProductTitle&maxRows=10&searchText=sangiovese&

Hi! I brew beer for the last 2 years and decide to make a wine kit for the first time. I choosed the italian sangiovese of the RJS craft winemaking. OG was around 1.090 and the kit instruction told that the SG should be around 1.020 after 6 to 8 days. I started it the 29 december (3 days...