Is there a doctor in the house?

[slofox]

i will. ta.

(non-technical - chuck can of beer and sugar into bucket for two weeks, chuck in bottles for two weeks, drink.) techincal is anything more...
but i might need your techincal... my gravity has gone up?? only .004, but since decanting it into the net carby... it's getting m0ar? i think i'll definitiley be yeasting it next week.


*By? (whom)

Gravity is higher at lower temperature. Has the must cooled since the ferment slowed down?

[Akzle]

Gravity is higher at lower temperature. Has the must cooled since the ferment slowed down?

i don't believe so, i didn't measure temp at last hydro reading,
but my beer (bottled today or yesterday, and right next door to it) has been fairly stable 23deg, and the wine sample i measured was at 23. i think i'll chuck some of the 1118 in anyway nekk week, and more sugar, or maybe honey. or treacle. just found out there's another brew shop (+ dope and P pipes etc) in town, with cheaper shit than the preferred. bugger.

and it's still bubbling away as ever, it's got .05 to drop so i'd bloody well hope so.

[Akzle]

fuck. while i'm here.
anyone used blackrock batch y24911... i've brewed it over 5% before (draught and ale), but one of my later (lager) batches seems to have dropped off at 4.fuckall%.

tis in the bottle now. i'm just wondering.
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[Akzle]

okay genius. (by that i do mean you, slo)

vin was at 1.03 ye'tterday,
I added 1£ 10 of sugar in about half a litre of water (total 2.2gallon batch) and it went up an astounding .005 that does not strike me as correct.? does it need more time to blend through? i'll be racking it again tomorow...

you'll have to excuse the mix n match units, my scales are imperial but the civilised world is metric...

[slofox]

okay genius. (by that i do mean you, slo)

vin was at 1.03 ye'tterday,
I added 1£ 10 of sugar in about half a litre of water (total 2.2gallon batch) and it went up an astounding .005 that does not strike me as correct.? does it need more time to blend through? i'll be racking it again tomorow...

you'll have to excuse the mix n match units, my scales are imperial but the civilised world is metric...

Doesn't sound right to me either...

2.2 gallons is just under 10 litres (9.9 in fact). With your extra half litre we'll call it 10 litres for convenience.
1 pound and 10 ounces is about 730 grams give or take a bit.
730gm in 10 litres is 73g/l. The SG tables reckon that should raise the gravity by 25 to 26 points...your new gravity should have been around 1.028 - 1.030.

Did you stir it all round to mix it through? Can you test with another hydrometer just to check?

Other than that I'm fucked if I know...