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I'd be surprised if a published Keller recipe was so far off, so I assume it is user error... I guess I am looking for advice on adjusting pH now.

BTW Recipe called for adding 3 tsp tartaric acid to start.

I just started 3 gallons of pumpkin wine from Keller's Home Winemaking, but I must have done something wrong. Just pitched yeast took sample to test. SG is 1.066 rather than 1.80. pH is 5.0, which seems dangerously high. I used 17.5# of pumpkin and after adding almost 3 gallons of water the...

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The way I go through gas, maybe 6.

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That's what I am worried about! You are probably right. I'll shoot for the ABV I want with sugar and then backsweeten.

Ive used Hornidal Kviek in a NEIPA. Never Voss. I always assumed all kviek would add too much of its own character.

Thanks all for replies. To clarify, I am looking for a yeast that will perform (stop at similar point) as bread yeast, I assume due to alcohol tolerance, and leave the wine sweet. I think I read somewhere that bread yeast can go up 10 12 or 14%. Maybe in a Joe's Ancient Mead thread.

Yes, that was one other change I had planned!!

I am trying to recreate my grandpa's dandelion wine recipe, for which he used bread yeast, but I don't want to bother with bread yeast's unpredictable performance and poor flocculation. Its a real pain to work with... What wine yeast (or mead yeast??) would be a good replacement? This is a high...

@Seamonkey84 Yeah, I know, but that is what was recommended as the oxygen helps dissipate. Hopefully my sanitation was good. I don't really have a choice. It's really bad and my understanding is the longer it is there the more chance it becomes permanent through other reactions. I had just...

@Seamonkey84 @bucketnative Thanks, I appreciate the advice. Searching online, I see "splash racking" also recommended. I may do that with some copper as well. Maybe rack through a copper scrub pad?

@Seamonkey84 @bucketnative Well, one month in and I just racked and added sulfites. Sulphur smell was STRONG while racking and when cleaning the old carboy out. Hope it fades as you said.... I plan on two more rackings. Anything else I can do to encourage it to dissipate?