PROCEDURE

  1. Measure 8 cups of water into each jug. It should be distilled or water from a water purifier so that there are no additives in the water to disrupt the fermenting process.

  2. In a jug measure 1 lb of sugar and shake until dissolved. I did each kind of sugar twice to ensure a consistent result.

  1. Pour the dissolved solution into the measuring flask, then drop hydrometer (carefully, as it is fragile) into the flask. Take reading (it should be around 75-90), put a 1 and a .0 in front of that number and that is your reading. For example, if the hydrometer reads 85 then your reading is 1.085.

  2. Repeat step 2 and 3 for all your sugars.

  3. Record your readings. The readings for the same kind of sugar should be the same. If not, adjust the amount of sugar or water you added so that the readings are the same for each of the same kind of sugar.

  4. Warm up solution until it is between 21 degrees C and 24 degrees C. You can do this with a heating pad any other heating device that you have, but it needs to be at a constant temperature. This will take between 4 and 10 hours depending how warm or cool your water is to start with.  

  5. Create a yeast culture by stirring a 5 gram package of yeast into 12 ounces of water and let it grow for a while. (about 15 minutes)

  6. Add 1.2 mL of the yeast nutrient into each jug of water and stir.

  7. Add 2 ounces of the yeast culture to each jug and stir until mixed thoroughly, after this, don't move it again until it is finished fermenting.

 I put mine on a shelf where they wouldn't get bumped.

  1. Watch and record your viewings.

  2. Take readings throughout the project with the Hydrometer as you wish.