As a bit of a newbie I don't know if this is the best place to post this, but here goes. I have a 5 gallon batch of Ken Schramm's Fall Bounty going. I used pressed cider from an orchard. I followed the recipe pretty closely. Starting S.G. was 1115 after 12 hours or so. After week or so I...
Thanks HBB
As I wrote i DID get the 5 gallon batch going and now two days later the airlock is bubbling every three seconds or so. It's been below zero here for acouple of days and I put the batch close to a furnace vent so it stays nice ad warm most of the time. As you said no need to aerate...
Don't know if this thread is still active after a year and a half, but I just had basically the same thing happen. I had 5 gallons of blueberry that started with an S.G. of 114 and Unfortunately I used Lalvin D47 (second year, still learning to watch gravity and yeast strains). It dropped to 104...
I have a question about cyser. I made my first batch (5 gal.) of cyser using Ken Schramm's Fall Bounty. How long does one want to wait to do the first racking? Most of my other meads clear out fairly quickly and I know this cyser takes longer to clear but should I wait for it to clear more...