jjasghar

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i know this has to have been answered in this monster thread but i have to ask...

with the dry Montrachet yeast... can i drop it in or do i have to do something else?

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JayMckeever

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i boiled 2 pints of water, cooled it to 80 degrees, and then mixed in the yeast to hydrate it. then, i poured it into the mixture to ferment!

jjasghar

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ooohhh swweeet! thanks

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Ryanh1801

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I just poured mine in like stated in the original recipe. Fermentation started in less than 24 hours.

Paperface

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Check the Welch's grape wine thread.

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Well Ed, you can add another 10 gallons to the tally as I just finished my batches started in early March. One was done with Cotes Des Blanc to test side by side. Really not sure which I like better as they are both great! So good I'm starting my next 5 in the next day or two and will keep this consistantly fermenting/aging.

Thanks Ed!

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...but I had to stop reading after the first 27 pages. But I have a couple questions and I'm sorry if they have already been anwsered or asked.

1.) What can I do so that this is on the sweet side? I have purchased 1lb of Lactose and will mix it in when I bottle if that will help.

2.) Also do you think that if I add 2 cans of apple juice concentrate with the 6gallons of apple juice that would help?

3.) I have a 6.5 gallon carboy, will I be fine using 2lbs of corn sugar and the single packet of yeast if I use 6 gallons of Apple Juice?

Thanks in advance, and I'm sorry if these questions have been asked or anwsered.

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1. Add the same # of cans of concentrate as juice. Sweeter still, don't add sugar and let it be just hard apple cider. The ABV goes down, obviously.

2. Refer to answer 1.

3. I am going to try this: 4 gallons juice, 4 cans concentratem 1 lb. corn sugar, Cotes De Blanc yeast. Should be a little sweeter and still pack a punch. Yes, 1 pack is enough. 6 galloons of juice is going to be too much in a 6.5 carboy and you are going to lose some through the blow-off tube you are going to have to use.

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well I am about 11 days in with my first batch everything looks ok......but.......by watching the fermentation taking place I noticed that in my 5 gallon carboy that it is only fermenting on 1 side of the carboy, I can see on the right side C02 bubbles loading up creating the white foam but on the left side there are bubbles but they are few and far between, I realize this probably means nothing just wondering if this has happened to anyone else, oh and I am getting a big build-up of yeast cake on the bottom I am using L-1118.

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I'd bet money that your carboy isnt exactly level. The bubbles go straight up, so if the carboy is tilted even slighty, they would come up on one side.