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well i opened the chilled one today. It was still a gusher but mush more subdued. Still tasted nasty but cold. I am leaning toward incomplete fermentation over infection at this point but it could be either. I peeked into the quarantine area today and there is major carnage. Before too...

thanks for the input so far. A couple clarifications... I am measuring gravity with hydrometer and then correcting for temperature with beersmith. The SG in the bottle is 1.009 and not 1.09. I did come up short on my volume at bottling time due to the heavy pumpkin trub. My bottle volume...

I am having a problem with bottle bombs that I need help resolving. I have been homebrewing for about a year and a half with about 10 extract brews and then 5 BIAB brews under my belt. My results have been mostly positive with only one awful batch and one more that I didnt like. the other...

Well I am back to report on my mistake. It seems as thong the wine finished out fine. SG on 7-21 measured .994 which was right at target. Drinking my first bottle tonight 2 weeks after bottling and it tastes fine. I am not a connoisseur, but it tastes pretty good to me. Pretty much what I...

OG on 7-7-13 was 1.066 at 78 degrees F SG on 7-10-13 is 1.018 at 80 degrees F It looks like i am losing gas through the gasket where the airlock fits in the fermenter lid. Thus no airlock bubbles. The kit is a world vineyard winexpert moscato kit. It tastes OK at this point (3 days old)

Now that sounds like wisdom right there. But the fool that I am pitched the wine yeast last night without taking a hydrometer reading. Why didnt I think of that?

i am finding reports of 10 to 12% alcohol tolerance on the safale 05. The wine yeast that came with the kit is lalvin EC-1118. going on 2 days sitting and no visible signs of fermentation.

so no votes for pitching the wine yeast along with the 05?

so I was mixing up a 4 week juice wine kit yesterday and it was yeast pitching time. I grabbed the pack from the fridge and sprinkled it and then realized that it was beer yeast and not the wine yeast that came in the kit. the wine is a moscato and the yeast I pitched was safeale-05. it has...

anybody have any updates on the craft beer scene in destin, fl?

Planning my first batch of wine. Juice kit from midwest. Instructions say to pitch the yeast between 65 - 70 degrees. then to ferment between 65 - 75 degrees. Ambient temp in my room is running 60 - 65 degrees currently. Would you look into a heat source or let her rip?

First time wine maker here. Planing to make the midwest vintners reserve coastal red juice kit. When mixing the water and the bentonite in the first step, the instructions call for hot water. When rinsing the juice remnants from the bag, the instructions call for warm water. When...

I am planning on brewing that midwest kit this weekend. I think I am going to use canned pumpkin in the boil but am concerned about running that wort through my counterflow chiller. Considering methods of filtering but not sure if it is necessary. I doubt putting canned pumpkin in a boil bag...

well I woke up this morning to bubbles in the blow off overflow bucket and krausen on top of the fermenter. All appears well with my beer after the re-pitch. Thanks to all for the advice.

ok. took 72 hour hydro reading. No change at all. repitched another packet of dry yeast by sprinkling. Plugged carboy and shook it on edge violently. smelled and tasted wort and noticed nothing unusual. eagerly awaiting fermentation.