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Batch #1
4 gallons 100% Mac juice
1 gallon 100% cranberry juice
4 lbs dextrose
Red Star Champagne yeast
Started this 6 weeks ago. Did not take an OG. Gravity yesterday was 1.02. Nice rose color. Clean taste (not tart) but my guess is this will change when the rest of the sugar is gone. I liked this alot.
Batch #2
4 gallons blended apple juice
1 gallon 100% pomegranate juice
Red Star Montrachet yeast
OG=1.05
Started this last Sunday. Fermentation was pretty vigorous for the first 5 days but now is slow.
What I find interesting is how different yeasts work. Champagne yeast is like the marathon runner. It starts slow but keeps going. Montrachet is like the sprinter. Starts fast and then dies down drastically.
4 gallons 100% Mac juice
1 gallon 100% cranberry juice
4 lbs dextrose
Red Star Champagne yeast
Started this 6 weeks ago. Did not take an OG. Gravity yesterday was 1.02. Nice rose color. Clean taste (not tart) but my guess is this will change when the rest of the sugar is gone. I liked this alot.
Batch #2
4 gallons blended apple juice
1 gallon 100% pomegranate juice
Red Star Montrachet yeast
OG=1.05
Started this last Sunday. Fermentation was pretty vigorous for the first 5 days but now is slow.
What I find interesting is how different yeasts work. Champagne yeast is like the marathon runner. It starts slow but keeps going. Montrachet is like the sprinter. Starts fast and then dies down drastically.