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Did you end up doing the recipe you laid out in post #187?
No, I changed it up just a bit.
4lbs of corn sugar instead of the two since I did not use the honey.
Used a tater masher on the cherries
Steeped for 30 minutes at 160* instead of 20
Used 6 cans of Limeade concentrate instead of 5. This was by accident since I had accidentally opened all 8 cans that I purchased instead putting three in the freezer till bottling day. So I poured in one extra, and made a gallon of mix just to put in fridge to drink. All the other parts of that recipe I stuck with.
I rehydrated the the two packs of yeast in a cup of warm water, added a tablespoon of the Limeade concentrate and a 1/4 tsp of yeast nutrient and set that aside for 30 minutes. When that time was up, I used a small bowl of cold water to reduce the yeast slurry to match my carboy temp.
I was not quite sure when to actually oxygenate the wort. Before or after adding the yeast, so I made a judgement call and poured it in, stuck a sanitized aquarium stone on the end of some tubing then used rubber bands to attach the stone and the tubing to the end of my stir paddle. Turned the O2 on 5-6 liters and let it churn for 2-3 minutes.
I capped it and set it in the utility room. Within a hour, I had activity in the airlock. Within 3 hours, I already had about 1/2" of Krausen on the top. This morning when I woke up, the airlock is going crazy and there is a vigorous boil going on. The utility rooms smells awesome - for once. lol
Since this was my first batch of this type of drink, I made several on the fly judgement calls. Hope they do not bite me in the keester. So far the yeasties look happy. lol As for ABV? I think the most potential it will have will be about 12% if it were to go all the way. We'll see.
Ken