Recent content by Jkoski80

What was your og?

I have found that I can take a single white labs vile and make 4 starts. I use some dme with some 22 Oz bottles. I split it up into 4 parts aND after culture cap 3. Use one and so on. I really use my yeast cakes 4 or 5 times and start over.

Transamguy how long did you primary?

That's good to know. My OG was 1.098 if I get to 1.002 I will need to back sweeten I don't want a dry apple wine.

Spend the 40 dollars and get a 6 gallon carboy.

I know that 1056 is high performance yeast I was worried about k sorbate. If needed I will back sweeten this batch.

Cider still active and I must say that k sorbate will not affect a healthy yeast cake. I will repost after my club had a taste

K sorbate will not stop fermentation it only will sterilize the yeast. This means that when using cider with k sorbate you will need a very large amount of healthy yeast to eat the sugars needed for a robust fermentation. I have 6 gallons of cider fermenting atm with k sorbate.

I plan on back sweeten it with some more of the same juice. I have six gallons and will split it between two kegs and add juice to top it off. OG was 1098 to start.

It was much cooler. The juice is fermenting slowly now. If anyone tells you that juice with k sorbate won't ferment. I am here to tell you that with a healthy yeast cake it will. Although I will add more dry yeast to it.

Woke up this morning and checked on my cider. It is active now. Slow but active. Will add a packet of safety 05 in a day or two.

Does anyone know if it's bad to pitch yeast into juice that isn't room temperature. I added 5 gallons of local apple juice with k sorbate in it on to a large 1056 cake. The problem is it wasn't room temperature. Any advice?

I was curious if anyone has any advice on how to bring 5 gallons of apple juice to room temperature. I just threw 5 gallons of cold juice on top of my 1056 yeast cake 24 hours ago. Just checked the temp and it is still 50 degrees f. Is this going to ruin my brew it does have potassium sorbate...