Recent content by Shawn Cassidy

For me it's mostly due to not degassing when I should.

From the Google: EC-1118 ferments well between 45° to 95°F D-47 ferments well between 50° to 86°F Red Star Premier Classique ferments well between 59-86 F That being said, I would use the EC-1118 or the D-47 and forget the infrared lamp.

You are a wise man Viking! :bravo:

What Bernard said....

I'm thinking of giving this recipe a shot to see if I can recreate the iridescence.

I'm not a big person on name brands. I have used primarily store brand concentrates with mostly positive success. A couple duds here and there but overall good results. My methodology- I'll add yeast to it if it's on sale....

Everyone makes excellent points. I always plan on loosing volume, so I always go one to two gallons over my intended finish. Extras are a bonus (and usually go into the suicide bottle). I hardly ever rack off wines anymore than once. I leave them in primary until done, cold crash, and then rack...

I have never been motivated enough to buy a microscope to look at floaties. Maybe I'm missing out on a new hobby.

I forgot to mention... When you get your SG readings, you want to get the readings that will help you tell the story of how fermentation is going. Original Gravity (OG)- Take this reading just after you pitch the yeast Final Gravity (FG)- This is the reading when you have verified that...

From what you posted above, it is fermenting. Slowly but it's fermenting. With the gravity of 1.040 there is still a bit of fermentables in there. For curiosity: What type of sugar did you use? What is the temperature of the wine? I have never... ever thrown out a batch of wine. You can...

What he said. D-47 usually tops out at around 14% so can usually leave a good bit of sweetness.

It could be a low live cell count. Like Blacksmith said... give it some time. If nothing happens... repitch.

Nice write up... thank you.

Aside from the water source... does the method (immersion, counter flow, or plate) change the cooling performance?

Excellent question! Now my resurrected post has meaning!!! muhaha!