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Maudi

hi people..my question is why after a great fermentation in the primary fizzed away quite boisterously for five days..elderflower/super yeast/nutrient etc..transferred it to demi johns two days ago and nothing...zilch maybe a bubble thru the airlock three times an hour..ive had great sucess with brews previous to this so thats where im at??should i try adding bit of yeast and sugar to restart?or just dump and start again?

mayto

The only way to properly see how fermentation is going is to use a hydrometer. Fermentation could be about done meaning less co2 produced.

Khannie

With the current warm weather fermentation times will be lower / faster. I tested an apple and raspberry last night that I kicked off less than a week ago and it was at 1.002. As mayto says, a hydrometer is the only real way to tell.

sharingan

Maudi wrote: »

hi people..my question is why after a great fermentation in the primary fizzed away quite boisterously for five days..elderflower/super yeast/nutrient etc..transferred it to demi johns two days ago and nothing...zilch maybe a bubble thru the airlock three times an hour..ive had great sucess with brews previous to this so thats where im at??should i try adding bit of yeast and sugar to restart?or just dump and start again?

Because the sugar is gone? Check with a hydrometer. That Youngs Super Wine Yeast comes with its own nutrient and is very vigorous. It is actually pretty normal for very active fermentation to cease after a couple of days - the yeast has fully multiplied and is chomping through the sugar at a high rate.

Leave it, it is still slowly fermenting. Take readings to find out when it is actually stopped fermenting (you will need a wine pipette to extract from a demijohn).