wreboot
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Start off recipe:
Lavin D47 yeast
3.75 lbs honey/gal
1 cup fresh citrus juice/gal (orange, grapefruit, and lime)
2 tbsp citrus zest/gal (orange with orange and so on)
1 tsp yeast nutrient/gal
1/4 tsp Potassium Metabisulfite /gal
Water
I was ambitions and was making a 15 gallon batch with some friends. Pooling resources and all that. We had 2 5 gallon carboys with 5 cups orange juice, 3 1 gallon carboys with 1 cup of orange juice, 1 lime and 1 grapefruit. In addition I added 1 tablespoon of hibiscus to one of the orange juice 1 gal carboys. I mixed everything together making sure that I dissolved the honey and added the sulfite. I aerated, then pitched. 13 of the 15 gallons have started and have been aggressively fermenting.
The two that did not start are the hibiscus and the lime 1 gal carboys.
2 have not started. I talked to my local homebrew shop and they suggested I add more yeast. So I did. Still nothing. I took a little more than 1 cup of must out of both and added water thinking that maybe I could dilute any sugar or acid tolerance that might be affecting the yeast. Pitched again and still no reaction...I don't have ph strips but I think that's probably the issue.
Any thoughts or comments? Anyway to save the 2 gallons of must I have?
Lavin D47 yeast
3.75 lbs honey/gal
1 cup fresh citrus juice/gal (orange, grapefruit, and lime)
2 tbsp citrus zest/gal (orange with orange and so on)
1 tsp yeast nutrient/gal
1/4 tsp Potassium Metabisulfite /gal
Water
I was ambitions and was making a 15 gallon batch with some friends. Pooling resources and all that. We had 2 5 gallon carboys with 5 cups orange juice, 3 1 gallon carboys with 1 cup of orange juice, 1 lime and 1 grapefruit. In addition I added 1 tablespoon of hibiscus to one of the orange juice 1 gal carboys. I mixed everything together making sure that I dissolved the honey and added the sulfite. I aerated, then pitched. 13 of the 15 gallons have started and have been aggressively fermenting.
The two that did not start are the hibiscus and the lime 1 gal carboys.
2 have not started. I talked to my local homebrew shop and they suggested I add more yeast. So I did. Still nothing. I took a little more than 1 cup of must out of both and added water thinking that maybe I could dilute any sugar or acid tolerance that might be affecting the yeast. Pitched again and still no reaction...I don't have ph strips but I think that's probably the issue.
Any thoughts or comments? Anyway to save the 2 gallons of must I have?