I've just fermented my 2nd wort in as many years but am determined to have a decent go at this time considering how much I drink I consider it a worthwhile investment.
I put in a Cooper's Bitter, using rain water and dextrose. I think it has fermented, tested it last night then again this morining. I didn't take and OG reading but it is at 1011 at presest, last night's reading was 1006 and seems to have stopped bubbling, well I can hear it bubble every fifteen minutes or so. Rarely really.
I bottled off three long neck (800ml) bottles but it was very gassy, similar in a way to that gassy english beer with the floating gas charger you can buy in the big cans, anyway it's very creamy for a froth. Does it sound like every thing is going okay, should I wait an extra day (tomorrow) before bottling?
The temperature has been pretty constant at around 25-28C, I boiled the rainwater as well, looking forward to that first "ssshhhh" as I crack open the first bottle in a couple of weeks.
What worries me though is that the instructions say that if it is too frothy the wort could be infected or the fermentation incomplete. Though looking through the top it looks fine. How can you tell when it has 100% fermented ?
I want to try a Cider next.