Recent content by Jpb220

Just wanted to give an update to this: Flamingoemporium had it right I think. I didn’t touch the fermenter until yesterday when I transferred it off the lees to a secondary container, and by yesterday almost all of those weird floaty objects had dissipated. So I think they were just some lees...

Interesting. Mine is definitely not the same as that, and it’s actually dissipated. I think the other poster might have got it right…lees that was picked up and hasn’t fallen yet. I’ve been monitoring and it’s been dissipating as time goes on. I’ll be sure to add NA meta or tablets when I rerack...

Is it flowers though? They’re actually dissipating since I posted, I think they might have been yeast that hasn’t dropped.

Hi everyone. I recently posted about making my first wine this year - a fig wine and everyone was very welcoming and helped me sort out some issues I thought I was having. So thanks for all that! My wines progressing in two secondary fermenters, one large five gallon one and one small gallon...

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome! For anyone that wants an update, I did check the SG last night. I started the batch around 1.094, the larger bucket was down to 1.090 while the smaller was already at 1.080. And yeah you definitely can grow figs! You usually need to plant them close to...

Thanks for the replies! Good point I didn’t check the SG yet I’ll do that and see where they’re at. As for the primary, I accidentally bought a 6.5 gallon bucket when I thought I bought a 10 gallon one (on Amazon) and didn’t realize my mistake until it was too late haha. I’m still hopeful that...

Hi everyone, new to the forum and have been using a lot of the tips included to make my first batch of wine this year, a fig wine sourced from a big fig tree in my yard. When making it I loaded up a 6.5 gallon primary bucket and realized I had too much material and it would likely overflow...