randomhero
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Last Thursday I was able to pick up three gallons of Riesling ice wine juice at one of the wineries on Cayuga lake. The wine maker was also nice enough to give me enough yeast to start my culture. He gave me what they use on the wine there which was VI-1.
I started the yeast in about 8oz of water mixed with 10 grams of go ferm. After about an hour I mixed in 8oz of juice. Today is the fifth day of fermentation and I have them in separate buckets the juice in my big pail and the fermenting juice in a smaller 2 gallon pail. The winemaker said to never let the yeast see the 36 brix it started at, so everyday I add some more juice to the smaller bucket.
I'm quite excited to have gotten some actual ice wine juice. Just had to share haha! I'll make sure to keep updating as long as people want me to.
I started the yeast in about 8oz of water mixed with 10 grams of go ferm. After about an hour I mixed in 8oz of juice. Today is the fifth day of fermentation and I have them in separate buckets the juice in my big pail and the fermenting juice in a smaller 2 gallon pail. The winemaker said to never let the yeast see the 36 brix it started at, so everyday I add some more juice to the smaller bucket.
I'm quite excited to have gotten some actual ice wine juice. Just had to share haha! I'll make sure to keep updating as long as people want me to.