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The temp has been at 72F. The store has replaced both of them. I have figured out the problem and would like to provide guidance to any others that would like to try this product which works extremely well: providing you ignore the directions on the package. There are two major issues that...

I used Lalvin V1116, which is advertised to be a fast fermenter at a wide pH range and the juice stuff I used is "supposedly" adjusted perfect. I will check the pH, but I cannot find pH range for Lalvin 1116. As far as the mixing, Lalvin 1116 requires a large amount of oxygen for synthesis of...

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Hi I recently purchased two 1 gallon liquid fruit base concentrates from Vintner's Best (wanted a cheap and easy "utility" wine for the house). I was expecting these to be simple, and easy. However, even with following directions to a T, fermentation is ridiculously slow for primary. I...

Thanks for the response. My primary is a 6.5 gallon plastic bucket and my secondary is a 5 gallon glass carboy (i am going to verify where 5 gallons is once one of my 3 glass carboys becomes available....). I was not worried about headspace oxidation in primary but i was in secondary. And thus...

I will definitely keep that in mind for next brew. Thank you. I am finding the hardest part on getting started is that if I ask 10 people for their opinions, I will get 15 answers. Thank you for your input.

By hop utilization, are you talking about the hops ability to act as a preservative?

so I should be waiting until final gravity is reached before adding to secondary... Okay, good to know. I should also mention I added yeast energizer yesterday when I added the water. So you would recommend leaving in current state for 2 more weeks, then bottle age for at least 6 months? I...

The reason I did this was because was because major fermenting was pretty much finished and I was instructed to transfer to secondary when fermenting slows but before it finishes. Or, before final gravity was achieved. I know the all primary vs. primary/secondary debate is very polarized and...

Hi, I am new to the forum and did my best to try and find a similar forum to negate a new post but nothing quite matched my situation. So, if I accidentally post a duplicate thread here, please forgive me. I brewed a russian imperial stout and had an OG of 1.08, and a desired FG of 1.020...