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...aking some heavy brown ale (o.g. around 1065) and it was a really slow fermentation; I had to rouse the yeast on an almost daily basis, despite using a starter culture. More than once I figured it w...
...making some cherry wine, i used whole frozen cherry's in the primary. i added water and sugar along with yeast. it was difficult to get a s.p. reading with the cherry's in the primary. after ferme...
Ok. here is what i did: I mixed 1 packet of yeast, 2 cups of sugar, and 1 gallon of water together. I am told that this makes an unpleasing to taste alcohol that is drinkable after fermentation. Wel
...allons Welch's 100% pure Concord grape juice 9 cups sugar 4 tsp acid blend 2 tsp pectic enzyme 2 tsp yeast nutrient 1 pkt red star red wine yeast or Montrachet wine yeast With this recipe, would...
...t better to not get any oxygen in it at all? 3.for how long will the secondary fermantation go on? (Wyeast london ale) 4.should it be on same temperature as primary fermentation? or colder? ...
...pden tablet 1 teaspoon nutrients 1/4 teaspoon pectic enzyme 1 1/4 teaspoon acid blend 1 package wine yeast 1 gallon water Chop cranberries coarsely. The goal here is the break the skin on every...
...h lid and air lock stifle the fermentation process by not allowing enough oxygen into the bucket for the yeast to do it's job? Also, would enough of the CO2 be allowed out so as to not "choke" the ye...
...er to the secondary fermenter, and thinking ahead to when I will bottle it. I made it by adding cider yeast to store-bought apple juice. Nothing else. (Pure apple juice, with nothing but vitamin ...
...nt to know the best way to make it flavorfull and sweet with a good kick. Is the best method to feed the yeast with a 1/2 cup sugar and rack every 3 to 4 weeks (or is it when the meter gets to .990), ...
...might be. Recipe Number 1: Traditional Glutinous Rice Wine 1 kg glutinous rice 2 1/4 pieces of rice yeast (chow paeng) Wash and soak glutinous rice for several hours. Drain well then steam rice...
...here, but way to sweet(I prefer a very dry wine). I have tried to restart it with one gallon and adding yeast nutrient and some turbo yeast. It did a little bit but couldn't taste the difference and...
I just started a small batch of pineapple wine, but on the day I was to add the yeast, I found I was out and the local supply shop was closed. I ended up having to wait two extra days. When I return
...ydrated using room temp. tap water directly in the primary vessel. I pitched one packet of dry brewer`s yeast, sealed up the vessel, and tucked it into a pan surrounded by old towels as insulators (...
I have a stuck fermentation that hasn`t responded to adding more yeast or rousing. How much boiled yeast nutrient or energizer do you typically add to unstick a once fermenting beer? What is the dif
...f pending failure sits there mocking me I searched out this forum. I made the wort Thursday pitched the yeast and let it sit in my bedroom in a corner (it's coldest area in my house 69-75 F) I have n...
...ne? If I do it the middle of the fermentation, and add the proper amount then, will it possibly stop the yeast?...
...ave an Alt in the fermenter. The gas passing through the air lock originally had a normal hoppy, malty, yeast smell. After a couple of days the gas has taken on a sulfury - mild rotten egg odor. ...
As a general rule, does anyone have any reccommendations of which yeasts give the consitentaly highest alcohol contents? I know there`s lots of other variables, but any thoughts greatly appreiciated
...d pretty good. I'm ready to start the kit now and noticed some strange instuctions. After sprinkling the yeast on the must the instructions say to stir the yeast into the must after waiting ten minute...
...n the primary pail. This recipe produces one gallon of wine. After 24 hrs it calls for "one package of yeast, good for up to 5 gals." All I have here at home is a half package (little less than an ...
... the recipe http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/reques22.asp, and I was intrigued. The instruction for the yeast just says "wine yeast". This just happens to be sweet potato harvest time in Missis...
... beer Recipe is for 1.5 L plastic bottle ? 2 tblspns warm water ? 1/2 tspn sugar ? 1/4 tspn dried yeast granules - ? 1 cup sugar ? juice of 2 lemons ? rind of 2 lemons ? 1 tspn to 1 tb...
...ou look for on bottled juices or frozen to make sure there are no preservatives in it that would prevent yeast from fermenting? I've heard to stay away from jucie blends also.......
... the above brew with 1kg sugar. (my first cider). The SG was 1035. I do not think the two additives (yeast and whatever the other was) from under the lid worked. No evidence of frothing as with...
...beer. It’s similar to Guinness I got everything from the brew store; dry malt extract, milled grains, yeast, Irish moss. Followed the directions and sanitized everything. Put the wort in the ferm...
... still need to try a new batch to see if it is just a bad batch. I also need to try a batch without the yeast to see if that could be a cause. I was wondering if you had heard of this before and if ...
...batch. The recipe I have is 40 lbs sweet cider, 3Lbs honey, 3 lbs brown sugar, and 2 packets of champain yeast. add all ingredients, let fermit to finish and bottle. age in bottle 2 weeks. If you want...
...ne at home, and have just attempted my first wine following the directions in a wine making book. the yeast is added and nothing seems to be happening, how long does it usually take to start ferm...
...al beer/wine supply store. I was so impressed with it I started a batch 2 days later. Honey, water and yeast. That's it! Well, 3 months later, I have the carboy hidden in the closet, out of sight ...
... 1) Pour fruit juice into a rinsed-out plastic soda-pop bottle. (2 liter bottles work GREAT) 2) Add the yeast (enough supplied in the EZ Caps kit for about 100 liters!) 3) Screw on the reusable, pate...
...nders) 9.5 lb sugar 10 tsp vinacid R 6 qts hot water Stir until all sugar is dissolved then add: 2 tsp yeast nutrient 2 tsp pectic enzyme 2 tsp tannin 5 tablets crushed campden 7 qts cold water Mix...
...y to brew a flavorful, well-balanced German-style lager." German-style beers use only barley malt, hops, yeast and water - no brewing adjuncts like corn syrup or rice, which are typically used to brew...
...ive fermentation in the primary. Let sit a week. Next thing you know the must starts foaming as if the yeast suddently sprang to life again. It`s now been doing this for a week and the beer hasn`t...
...king Wild Wined and Meads on page 43. Apple cider was purchased from a farmers stand. Before addingn the yeast culture I used triple scale hydrometer. SG 1.082 P.A. 11% Temp 76 F Corrected SG...
...ecipe: Apple Wine Approx ABV 5.5% 1/2 gallon 100% apple juice 1 tea bag 3/4 oz raisins 1/2 pack Curvee Yeast 3/8 teaspoon Yeast Energizer Place all ingredients in primary except for yeast and yeast...
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