I posted this on another forum, but didn't get any responses yet, so I thought I would try here.
I may need help soon, so I thought I would get the ball rolling. This past Friday I started 10 gallons of muscadine using 65 lbs of nobles I had kept in the freezer for a couple of months. I used a fairly basic recipe, but I sort of stubbed my toe adding my invert sugar. I have 5 gal with a starting SG of 1.112 and another 5 gal with an SG of 1.122. OK, I know, I know that is really high, so don't beat me up too badly over it.
Yesterdaymorning SG's were 1.042 and 1.046 respectively, so it is moving along nicely. Where I am anticipating a problem is in the yeast I used, Red Star Montrachet. That yeast will tolerate 13-14% alcohol and with my high starting SG's, do you think I may be headed for a stuck fermentation? I have Red Star Premier Cuvee on hand. Should I add some now to try and stave off any problems, or would that work at this stage?
As I said, no problems yet, but I think it may get stuck. If I can give it some help prior to getting to that stage it would be great. Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Greg
I may need help soon, so I thought I would get the ball rolling. This past Friday I started 10 gallons of muscadine using 65 lbs of nobles I had kept in the freezer for a couple of months. I used a fairly basic recipe, but I sort of stubbed my toe adding my invert sugar. I have 5 gal with a starting SG of 1.112 and another 5 gal with an SG of 1.122. OK, I know, I know that is really high, so don't beat me up too badly over it.
Yesterdaymorning SG's were 1.042 and 1.046 respectively, so it is moving along nicely. Where I am anticipating a problem is in the yeast I used, Red Star Montrachet. That yeast will tolerate 13-14% alcohol and with my high starting SG's, do you think I may be headed for a stuck fermentation? I have Red Star Premier Cuvee on hand. Should I add some now to try and stave off any problems, or would that work at this stage?
As I said, no problems yet, but I think it may get stuck. If I can give it some help prior to getting to that stage it would be great. Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Greg