Conan1
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Hi, As a beginner to this, I have been looking at juices a lot differently than before. I know to stay away from benzoate and sorbates but I found a Northland juice at Kroger that shows Fumaric Acid and Ascorbic Acid (Vit C) in it for $2 per gal. I tried some of this and couldn't get any activity from the yeast after 4 days. It started smelling like an undercurrent of death. I put 1/4 tsp meta in must 24 hrs before pitching yeast 71B and had 5# sugar inverted to give SG of 1.090. Temp at 72 Deg. After further reading I've seen that fumaric acid can inhibit Malolactic Fermentation but does this also affect primary? Anyway, I'm not trying that juice again. I now have a must of grape and cranberry taking off after 24 hrs so I don't think my method was the problem. What do ya'll think?