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[RudiC Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RudiC]

Celiac, no, the wife is a bit sensitive. The reason I bought it was that it was the only kit available with the micro brewery kit I bought. Wasn't going to let that minor detail stop me from brewing

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[Langchop Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Langchop]

I might have posted this before, but here is a 3part series on a parallel CFC ....

Thanks. Does look familiar. I think you did show me that those years back when I was looking at options

I do though like the idea of less joints and I could store a long straight one on the ladder rack.

[Langchop Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Langchop]

I've just gotten back from builders, saw your post just before leaving and thought I would check out the product in your link. I don't think it will work, firstly its far to small, and secondly I'm not sure how easy it would be to adapt it to be used as a chiller.

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Ditto what everyone says. Tiny and I doubt you would practically get a core out of it. Would work great for boiling though!

[Langchop Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Langchop]

If it will increase the abv slightly, then I might not try it. With all my reading and tests I've done, I came to the conclusion that higher abv isn't necessarily a good thing. I want to have a few beers, too high abv then I can't have as many. Feels like I'm getting old saying stuff like that. Would never have thought those words would come from me

Those are the words of a proper hobbyist homebrewer, rather than the new many trying to make what gives them the biggest "kick"

[RudiC Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RudiC]

Those are the words of a proper hobbyist homebrewer, rather than the new many trying to make what gives them the biggest "kick"

Thanks Langchop. This is a hobby I could easily love. Just hope I get to making good beer soon. But I'm sure the extract brewing is an easy enough way to get decent beer.

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[RudiC Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RudiC]

I just checked on my hard lemon and the airlock didn't move. So I took a small sample to taste if there's any sugar left and it was very dry. I used about 2.5L lemon juice and 3.5kg sugar in about 18.5L water. Added Mead yeast, then had minimal activity. A few days later I put 2g EC1118 and 2g yeast nutrients and it got going for the past two days. Now I take my hydrometer that I get with my beer kit to check to find 0% abv.

What am I missing here? Did I just go through all that for a nice regular dry lemonade?

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[groenspookasem Banned Find all posts View Profile Close groenspookasem]

what's the reading? if it's 1.000 then its done. did you take a reading before adding yeast? hard and fast calcs says the sugars alone should have been 1.066 and if you dropped to 1.000 that's 7.5%ABV. i could be wrong, not sure if your lemon juice contained fermentable sugars

[RudiC Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RudiC]

The sugar used was a combination of white and brown sugar. I didn't take any readings sadly, something I learned is important after this batch I think.

So much to learn hehehe, but I'll get there, eventually.

So, am I right in thinking there has to be alcohol in there? How could you have all that sugar, no sweet taste and all the activity in the airlock, but no alcohol. I know I'm very new to all this, but don't know how the meter can show 0%

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[RudiC Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close RudiC]

I made three brews, one that the jar broke was 1.090 iirc, then the other was in the 1.060 to 1.070 range iirc.

I will get a book for this, cause I forget too easily

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[JIGSAW Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JIGSAW]

What meter is showing you 0% ??

Can you take and post a photo ?

[groenspookasem Banned Find all posts View Profile Close groenspookasem]

The sugar used was a combination of white and brown sugar. I didn't take any readings sadly, something I learned is important after this batch I think.

So much to learn hehehe, but I'll get there, eventually.

So, am I right in thinking there has to be alcohol in there? How could you have all that sugar, no sweet taste and all the activity in the airlock, but no alcohol. I know I'm very new to all this, but don't know how the meter can show 0%

Learning to get myself intoxicated on some nice home brewed beer. Constructive criticism is always welcome.

yep, take a pic and upload it here, but if my calculations are correct and it's kinda in range with what you're saying - then you're sitting on a 7.5% abv cider

[Langchop Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Langchop]

I suspect your hydrometer is telling you 'potential ABV'.... if you started with something sugary and its now dry and says 0% your done and on the money. If you didnt take a gravity reading or potential ABV before fermentation, you will just have to drink and guess.... tough job but someones gotta do it

[Toxxyc Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Toxxyc]

EC1118 is a pretty dry yeast. It's not uncommon at all for it to ferment to below 1.000.

[JIGSAW Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JIGSAW]

EC1118 is a pretty dry yeast. It's not uncommon at all for it to ferment to below 1.000.

Dry yeast | Liquid yeast

[Langchop Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Langchop]

Dry yeast | Liquid yeast

"attenuous'?