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Old 12-05-2004, 06:31 PM
JM
 
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Re: no fermention

Beano tablets?

Reason???

John


"David M. Taylor" <dmtaylor@SPAM.geocities.SUCKS.com> wrote in message
news:1077qqla1jg823f@corp.supernews.com...[color=blue]
> "Steph" <smokepole@sssnet.com> wrote in message
> news:1077p8i345e1a2b@corp.supernews.com...[color=green]
> > no more bubbling this brew only worked for about 21 hrs. it a dark ale
> > porter.what should I do leave to do it's thing for two weeks or try and
> > pitch it again.any suggestion
> >
> > thank you[/color]
>
> Some yeasts work faster than others. Temperatures >65 F will also ferment
> faster than at colder temperatures. So it's possible that your[/color]
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> is complete in just 21 hours. However the only way to know for sure is to
> check the specific gravity. Get a hydrometer and dunk it in. If your
> specific gravity is somewhere between 1.000 and 1.020 and stays that way[/color]
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> 3 or 4 days, then fermentation is done. If it's higher than that, then
> fermentation is stuck. If that's the case, you could try adding yeast
> nutrients or a few Beano tablets to get it going again.
>
> --
> Dave
> "Just a drink, a little drink, and I'll be feeling GOOooOOooOOooD!" --
> Genesis, 1973-ish
>
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