blefferd
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On my 4th glass tonight from my second batch hopefully I can see tomorrow! Lol
Filling a carboy that full would still make me nervous. I'm glad you didn't lose any. I hate it when I end up with good brew on the floor.i know there is alot of juice but its been in the carboy since the 2nd..bubbeled for the first couple of days ...now everything is great:rockin:
Filling a carboy that full would still make me nervous. I'm glad you didn't lose any. I hate it when I end up with good brew on the floor.
I mistakenly bought Yeast Energizer yesterday instead of Nutrient, from what I've read its about the same? Can I still use this? Also, When about should I be adding this, my Apfelwein has been in the carboy for 2weeks now.
No. It's recommended to activate most dried yeast at higher temps, it helps break up the dead yeast that form the outside of the granules.Started my first batch 12/29.
Airlock finally slowed down to 1 bubble/sec last couple days
I did reconstitute the yeast in 97F will this adversely effect the product?
Still pretty cloudy. Forgot to take SG at start.
Thanks
Ok, so I saw how to make this and I have just a few questions, I'm sure they've been asked before but there's well over a 1000 posts in this thread haha
I have a carboy sitting around so all I'd need to buy for this is an airlock (since mine's currently pre-occupie)
My 2 questions are do you boil these if they're not pasteurized? I assume most of these will be pasteurized but if I don't have a bottle of it can I just boil it to pasteurize it? Or no matter what do you just dump it in? And I also want to know if you just bottle these like normal beer or should you use wine bottles? I'm kinda confused if this is supposed to be more wine or cider.
i found a 3 year old keg of this last week....
its gotten pretty good. I was pretty suprized as i wasnt much of a fan the first time i tasted it.
I found the Montrachet yeast to be fairly tame, no krausen or anything..it just looked like a fizzy soda drink with a small layer of bubbles maybe 1/4th of an inch high on the ring of my carboy...i was expecting big things and it was pretty muted lol.
On the plus side mine is at 6 months now, it was in the primary for 5 1/2 months, never touched just sat in my closet until it went into the keg for new years.
Crystal clear and delicious.
lol excellent how do you loose this for 3 years? mine would have been drunk long before
No. There is virtually no difference in the nutrient requirements of different yeast strains.Finally got my first 5 gallon batch started. Followed the recipe exactly yet added yeast nutrient. Slight problem...it was wyeast beer nutrient blend. Is this going to be a problem as this is wine yeast. Can't wait for 6 more months!!
Ah! 3 days in WITH yeast nutrient added at day one and it just got the Rhino Farts!!
Edit: It's only 2 days! I thought with the nutrient I was going to get around the farts. Maybe some enigizer also next time?
I read in here already that since we are not using hops we do not have to worry about sunlight and skunky flavors.
emjay said:Which yeast, and which yeast nutrient? Did you skimp on the nutrient? Adding a generous amount of nutrient seriously eliminated the yeast farts for me.
mike_in_ak said:That amount is probably low. The instructions are for beer. Beer wort provides its own nutrients. Apple juice + sugar doesn't. So this would require more than the beer dosage.
It doesn't matter in the end probably. They'll turn your sugar to alcohol in good time.
Wow, I didn't realize the instructions vary so much. The instructions on my yeast nutrient specify 1 tsp/gallon. That would be 10x what you added. Then again, I've found that using that much I can easily ferment sugar water solution to about 7%... I'm using a 1lb package of ld carlson nutrient. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0064H0MWY/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20I used wyeast beer nutrient. I know it's for "beer" but was told on this thread that all yeast like the same nutrient. I also used the amount listed on the bottle, I think 1/2 tsp for the 5 gallon batch? Not enough? Not the right type of nutrient?
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