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gracymae
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Posted 2 Years, 7 Months ago permalink
Hi all,
I followed a peach wine recipr that called for no additional fruits, (sugar was included) and the use of Wyeast mead (sweet) yeast./ I have about 7 gal. perking- started it 6 days ago. Fermentation halted after day 3, so I added yeast energizer. It helped a little, but it has slowed again! The must statrted high (1.100) and it is down to 1.050 now. Is this the best I can expect from the type of yeast I used and the sg of the starting must? I realize that this yeast is designed to leave 2-3% residual sugar, but I am afraid of exploding bottles! I have heard horror stories abt this. If I do eventually bottle @ 1.040, and add campden tablets or meta will it still run the risk of exploding? Thankd for your help.
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Posted 2 Years, 7 Months ago permalink
Graymae, welcome to the forum

Were these 3 days of fermentation enough? What does the recipe say about that? Shouldn't fermentation take longer? If mead is added too early the bottle could explode...
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Posted 2 Years, 4 Months ago permalink
Wow I am no expert however I have worked up maybe as many as 50 gallons of peach wine and I suspect you either didn't have enough fruit or enough sugar. I can't remember the proportions but I would remove the pits and crush up the fruit, adding enough good warm water to make 5 gallons. I would crack several of the pits and toss them into the mixture along with perhaps 6-7 lbs of sugar. I would let that sit for 2-3 days and then siphon off into a 5 gal carboy, straining the mixture. I would then add yeast and water seal. After the fermentation stops, siphon off into a clean 5 gal jug and let the wine clarify... this can take weeks. Anyway some of it was pretty good, most of it was drinkable, but it all made great brandy when distilled! Hee Hee hee.
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Posted 2 Years, 4 Months ago permalink
ibfestus: thank you1 Although I'm not the one requesting this information I am sure glad to know (now)

You liked your brandy, hey?
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