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    From Des@desotuatail@aol.com to alt.beer.home-brewing on Mon Feb 14 04:47:10 2011
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    The kit is a Woodforde Norfolk NOG

    Previouse kits required a kilo of sugar. This one didn't. It apears to
    be still fermenting but has slowed down and hydrometer is still at 26.
    But yeast is working maybe it is slowing down. Can I add a wine yeast
    to this even though it won't taste as good. But rarther that than
    scrap the beer.

    Desmond.
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  • From Beam Me Up Scotty@Then-Destroy-Everything@Blackhole.NebulaX.com to alt.beer.home-brewing on Mon Feb 14 10:50:48 2011
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    On 2/14/2011 7:47 AM, Des wrote:
    The kit is a Woodforde Norfolk NOG

    Previouse kits required a kilo of sugar. This one didn't. It apears to
    be still fermenting but has slowed down and hydrometer is still at 26.
    But yeast is working maybe it is slowing down. Can I add a wine yeast
    to this even though it won't taste as good. But rarther that than
    scrap the beer.

    Desmond.


    Just guessing and throwing out an idea...


    Can you split this batch into two batches(two 5 Gal buckets) and fill
    each the rest of the way with a new kit or Malt extract with less sugar
    to get you to the correct amount? Use a computer program to crunch
    some fast numbers, or just guess that most beers take 7(lbs) of malt
    extract and add half that to each


    That was all I had for quick thoughts.

    Let us know what you do and how it worked.

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  • From Sam Lowry@Sam.Lowry@dotzyne_NO-SPAM.com to alt.beer.home-brewing on Tue Feb 15 15:32:44 2011
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    On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 04:47:10 -0800 (PST), Des wrote:

    The kit is a Woodforde Norfolk NOG

    Previouse kits required a kilo of sugar. This one didn't. It apears to
    be still fermenting but has slowed down and hydrometer is still at 26.
    But yeast is working maybe it is slowing down. Can I add a wine yeast
    to this even though it won't taste as good. But rarther that than
    scrap the beer.

    How much did it require? You will probably be fine depending on the strain
    of yeast (but from a kit you are unlikely to know which strain it is) it
    was. I'd just let it ferment out and see what happens.

    ~S
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