Added Campden Tablets still began fermentation??

[paint94979]

So picked up 12 gallons of raw cider on Saturday and added 5 crushed campden tablets into each carboy waited 24 hours, added pectic enzyme 24 hrs ago and when I got home just now it appears both have begun fermenting??? So I just pitched my WLP755 wtf... Campden tablets were from last year and have been sitting in a zip lock in a cabinet since last October.

 

[BargainFittings]

camden will kill of most bacteria and wild yeast but it is not 100%

I've had that happen several times making perry from pears we processed.

 

[paint94979]

camden will kill of most bacteria and wild yeast but it is not 100%

I've had that happen several times making perry from pears we processed.

i made a starter from a vial of yeast what are the chances the WLP755 will be the dominant strain?

 

[BargainFittings]

i made a starter from a vial of yeast what are the chances the WLP755 will be the dominant strain?

I would say pretty good odds. Really depends on the growth of the wild yeast.

Was this 48 hours total time before you pitched or 24 hours?

 

[paint94979]

Added sulfites Saturday morning around 9am
Added pectic enzyme around 5pm Sunday so roughly 32 hours after sulfites
Pitched yeast at 6pm yesterday

 

[BargainFittings]

You probably had quite a bit of fermentation with the wild yeast.

How did it smell when you pitched the yeast?

 

[paint94979]

Like juice. One thing that was interesting was gravity was the same 1.054 yet there was obvious signs of fermentation ie krausen and activity in the airlock