Jogomez951
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Hi, I’ve never posted before, so bear with me.
i got a hold of the hearts of an agave plant- you know that piece of the agave they use to make tequila- I decided to make wine off it - since destining is not legal, I’ll just keep it in wine form lol- anyway, I just can’t get it to ferment, my specific gravity sits at 1.097... here is what I done do far
i cooked the hearts in a pressure cooker for about 5/6 hours, grind them and poured the contents ,juice and fivers to 5 gallons of water. Then added 2.5 gallons of agave syrup to make an 8 gallon batch.
added yeast and nutrients together at 72 degrees Fahrenheit and added acid blend to .30%, I know it should be higher .60% but it’s taking a lot acid blend to raise it. I don’t know if I should add more, I added 2 oz... but i don’t think that is relevant for fermentation anyway
24 hrs and o activity, so I checked specific gravity and it was too high(1.156), so I decided to dilute it and now I ended with two batches
1. 8 gallons, spec gravity at 1.096, temp 72 degrees
2. 5 gallons, spec gravity at 1.092, temp 72 degrees
no changes for 24 hrs,fermentation not starting
what am I missing?
i got a hold of the hearts of an agave plant- you know that piece of the agave they use to make tequila- I decided to make wine off it - since destining is not legal, I’ll just keep it in wine form lol- anyway, I just can’t get it to ferment, my specific gravity sits at 1.097... here is what I done do far
i cooked the hearts in a pressure cooker for about 5/6 hours, grind them and poured the contents ,juice and fivers to 5 gallons of water. Then added 2.5 gallons of agave syrup to make an 8 gallon batch.
added yeast and nutrients together at 72 degrees Fahrenheit and added acid blend to .30%, I know it should be higher .60% but it’s taking a lot acid blend to raise it. I don’t know if I should add more, I added 2 oz... but i don’t think that is relevant for fermentation anyway
24 hrs and o activity, so I checked specific gravity and it was too high(1.156), so I decided to dilute it and now I ended with two batches
1. 8 gallons, spec gravity at 1.096, temp 72 degrees
2. 5 gallons, spec gravity at 1.092, temp 72 degrees
no changes for 24 hrs,fermentation not starting
what am I missing?