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What do you prefer to do? Do I need to add any more energizer?

12-13-12. Checked must SG and it was still at 1.122@ 69' so I did the following. Started a starter using one packet of k1-v1116 in two cups of 70' water. Starter contained 2 tbs of white sugar and .5 tsp of energizer. Let this work for three hrs. 1.5 hr into the starter was booming. So I added...

Good call on the date info. 12 hr days are catching up with me. May just use the white labs on some cider. If it wont pitch no harm no foul. This summer we aged spring water in just from the distillery bourbon barrels. Gotta love living 15 mins from bardstown KY And owning a landscaping...

Old habits die hard. I always use it to start my cider yeast. My starter recipe has always been 1 cup orange juice, 3tbs white sugar, and 2 cups water and one packet of yeast. Never had a failed start using it. I am only using one packet. I use that in my cider some times and just got the...

Well I was lucky today. I was able to pick up six sachets of k1v and two bottles of yeast energizer. I'm gonna start the starter using orange juice later this evening. I will post a step by step of what I do later. Should I add any more DAP today? Or just leave it be. Total to date it's...

Cool. Thanks. I've got about five places around town that have a good selection of yeast. Hopefully they will have it in stock. So many yeast so little time. Kinds like my motto for life. If it flies, ferments, or French kisses stay on top of it Just didn't want to let my second chance...

Good deal. I was thinking I just messed this up royaly. Good to know that's not true. So. Tomorrow ill try to locate the k1-v1116 and get that pitched. So for tonight should I add any additional of the nutrients that I have. Or just wait until I can get some energizer and fermax tomorrow and...

On 12-10-12 I pitched a six gallon batch of traditional mountain honey style mead. I used the no boil method. I brought the honey up to a pourable temp and poured that into three gallons of tap water. Checking with louisville water company the Tap water is cleaner than any available bottled...