I have been wanting to make watermelon wine and have read about all the problems it has. Could a guy take his watermelon juice and heat it to kill off wild yeasts? I would think this would let you skip the waiting period for Kmeta to evaporate. I have a walk in cooler as well so I could boil...
I used nutrient and energizer at the specified doses on the package. I read alot of people are fans of that71B yeast that metabolizes malic acid for blackberry. My family has a berry farm and all our berries are bred for low acid and I pick them super ripe so acid is lower. Made some a few...
I started 15gal of blackberry last week and pitched my yeast (Montrachet) on friday. It violently fermented for 2 days. I checked it today and the SG was already at 1.00 after starting at 1.09. I went ahead and pressed the fruit out and racked it. It seems to have a sulfery smell, could this...
I had an idea to build a pvc pipe racking cane to use with my vacuume pump. This should be safe right? I mean water is piped through houses with it. Thoughts?
It was my first time using a ratchet press so I may not have pressed enough. Either way all the juice ended up in the primary. I may use the oak like you suggested, got a big white oak that got struck by lightning I can cut up.
Hey guys I started a large batch of blackberry today and have a couple questions. I pressed 80lbs of blackberries today and set the pulp aside in strainer bags. I added water and sugar to the 15gal mark and adjusted SG to 1.090. My PH was 3.0 and my TA was .36%. I picked these berries when...