CandleWineProject
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I made a cherry style mead last weekend and posted about it here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f30/what-yeast-use-161827/
I put the 71B in water per the packet instructions and then poured it in on Tuesday morning. It still hasn't started - in fact, there is a little bit of suction going on in the airlock that I've been watching. I know it can take a bit to start, but I have to admit I'm a little surprised it hasn't.
I haven't exactly aerated it. I've kind of sloshed it around a little bit. Do you think that is it?
Mind you, I'm a cider maker first, a wine maker second, and just dabbling in mead. My beer making cousin noticed I didn't aerate a cider, so he did it for me. Oye! It was pasteurized sweet "cider" that I had worked with before so I knew the SG and pH without testing, so didn't handle it at all except to pitch the yeast. Without sulfites, the aeration turned it brown.
Otherwise, this is my first time working with 71B. Is it a slow starter?
I put the 71B in water per the packet instructions and then poured it in on Tuesday morning. It still hasn't started - in fact, there is a little bit of suction going on in the airlock that I've been watching. I know it can take a bit to start, but I have to admit I'm a little surprised it hasn't.
I haven't exactly aerated it. I've kind of sloshed it around a little bit. Do you think that is it?
Mind you, I'm a cider maker first, a wine maker second, and just dabbling in mead. My beer making cousin noticed I didn't aerate a cider, so he did it for me. Oye! It was pasteurized sweet "cider" that I had worked with before so I knew the SG and pH without testing, so didn't handle it at all except to pitch the yeast. Without sulfites, the aeration turned it brown.
Otherwise, this is my first time working with 71B. Is it a slow starter?