ZymologicExperimentum
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Hi all,
New to wine making (& this forum), working with my first batch of apple/cider (a few with fresh apple puree) & one bottle of orange/banana from store bought juice. Just started using wine yeast (tryin to step it up from just making cider hooch from bread yeast). Mainly because of the fruit puree, I went and got pectin & yeast nutrient (unfortunately a strategy enacted in hindsight, all the bottles with the puree were already fermenting). Some of the bottles with the puree were overflowing from the Co2 pressure into the airlocks as well so I poured some out, and added pectin & yeast nutrient to all the bottles (and a bit more pre-activated yeast to the bottles that I poured some liquid/puree out of to compensate). I noticed the fermentation definitely seemed to intensify after this but about 12 to 24 hours later it appeared that the initial stage of fermentation had already finished (most of the yeast settled at the bottom and the balloons (the tougher punch ones with the rubber bands) droopy (but still appear to have a bit of inflation from Co2). My questions are: Did I hinder the process by adding the pectin/nutrient/extra yeast after significant fermentation had occured? Or did it just speed up the process? If everything is kosher, I'm under the impression that a good strategy would be to do my first rack at about 25 to 30 days, is this correct? Any extra advice for an eager new brewer?
Will
New to wine making (& this forum), working with my first batch of apple/cider (a few with fresh apple puree) & one bottle of orange/banana from store bought juice. Just started using wine yeast (tryin to step it up from just making cider hooch from bread yeast). Mainly because of the fruit puree, I went and got pectin & yeast nutrient (unfortunately a strategy enacted in hindsight, all the bottles with the puree were already fermenting). Some of the bottles with the puree were overflowing from the Co2 pressure into the airlocks as well so I poured some out, and added pectin & yeast nutrient to all the bottles (and a bit more pre-activated yeast to the bottles that I poured some liquid/puree out of to compensate). I noticed the fermentation definitely seemed to intensify after this but about 12 to 24 hours later it appeared that the initial stage of fermentation had already finished (most of the yeast settled at the bottom and the balloons (the tougher punch ones with the rubber bands) droopy (but still appear to have a bit of inflation from Co2). My questions are: Did I hinder the process by adding the pectin/nutrient/extra yeast after significant fermentation had occured? Or did it just speed up the process? If everything is kosher, I'm under the impression that a good strategy would be to do my first rack at about 25 to 30 days, is this correct? Any extra advice for an eager new brewer?
Will