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Thats what I did for the 1st fermentation cycle... but for the second sugar fermentation... I don't plan on adding new yeast... so the question is what to do add meta or omit it....

(I probably should start a new thread for this question, but it is so similar maybe here is just as good.) I am trying an old Rx that ferments on the apple a week before straining the juce onto added sugar... No mention of nutrients nor sanitization of the sugar nor dosing with meta... so I...

Sweetcell, I thought in post 4 you said something about sour, and that got me on the wrong track perhaps, but you getting derailed is a good thing as it allows me to revisit old sticking points and review a little. I will look at my notes and figure out when tasting day should be. Then we can...

So a smooth transition. While it may not be strictly true, my assumption was that dilution (w/DI HOH) would appear to make less of a change in pH than TA. (because pH is a logarithmic scale while TA isn't.) The situation I had in mind was reading pH and TA of concentrates compared to their...

How does dilution affect these ? In general of course... what trends can be expected?

Correct. Actually I wanted to see if there was any difference between bottle bretting and bulk bretting; thus I did in fact do both. Looking back at my orginal question, I guess the reason I was asking in the first place, was to get a handle on when the best time to compare them would be. You...

Sorry, I did not see your last post before posting this. I will look at it and post a follow up below. I must be missing something; First, if you do not add the brett untill the SG reaches a safe level, wouldn't that solve the problem? Using the above example, if you waited until the SG was...

No, it is a dual fermentation yeast+LAB

Anyone know anything about M2 yeast from Lallemand? (?) I can’t find anything but that it exists! Could Mangrove Jack’s Cider Yeast M02 be a “it’s the “same thing” kind of substitute?

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Ah, Christmass! Where witches gathered in their masses... twist 'round and smack their asses. The season where Slay Bells singing can't stop the screamining of souls now dreaming and Sugar Plumbs streaming from Heaven no... streaming from... The Riddle of Heaven and Hell! The first four are...

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Love at first sight?

Yooper, I am trying (blackberry) oaking based on your comments, and out of curiosity. I oaked in the bottle and plan on following your lead so to speak (except in bottle not in bulk); it is now about 24 days and while the first dew days were horrible, that has gotten better. I have no idea about...

2.5 g/L about 10~12 pieces per 750ml bottle They were not given a lenghthy soak; just a very quick bath in boiling water.

ok I put the chips in and at 6... now soon 7 days, the wine tasts decidly different, in a way that I found hard to impossible to understand much less to describe. it struck me as being less pleasing than the orginal wine. Another person described the difference as the wine seemed to have lost...

I really apprediate your comments. Really I do. But you don't make it any easier to decide what to do! I wonder if some of those methods change the result of the oaking? I thought of one more option... What is the low side for toasting oak? Perhaps 5~15 min at 100 degrees C. (as long as that...

OK, weighed out and ready to add... but wait... what should I do about sterilizing/sanitizing the oak chips? I have at hand only pure, unflavored 70% alcohol; META and boiling HOH. I do not really need these test bottles to last that long(do I?) as I just want to see how the oak affects the...

I have no idea what oak will do to my blackberry wine... so I want to try it! Worried I might not like it, 1st try will be on a very small scale... 2 bottles. Is there any issue I have not considered? I plan on putting the required oak chips in the wine bottle and sealing it. A month later...