Recent content by ed71

Hmmmm, thats probably why my tiny tiny little blueberry bush didnt seem to grow at all. I was so unimpressed by it, I just forgot all about it. It gives blueberries, but hasnt grown much bigger than 4 feet within 4 years.

Wait, I was wrong about the last part. I had a friend with a massive golden apple tree which was never affected by the apple variety of "bore worms" and is still doing good to this day. He told me that it was in his family home for 3 generations and that his grandma had pruned and sprayed the...

Thanks guys, I actually learned something about plants. Had totally forgotten one could simply buy the grown plant somewhere and simply transplant them. (hoping they would take root and not die) Persimmon tree, blackberry, and dwarf cherry trees I will definitely look up. Ive tried to plant...

Guys, I live in Virginia Beach, Virginia. I dont have massive land to grow massive amounts of fruit to make more than10 gallons of country wine. Sometimes I use frozen concentrate, flower petals, etc. All mostly having to add regular sugar to bring ABV up without reling on the fruits own natural...

Well guys, just liked to mention that, Just like the author of the link that "Sour Grapes posted, My wine has paused and made a turnaround. Both buckets are going crazy with yeast bubbles and both have dropped from 1.050 to 1.030. Finally unstuck and moving. Was just a tad bit worried...

Thanks Sour Grapes, those links really help to clear some things up. I used the inorganic nutrients which the link describes how the yeast love it. But in the long run, they seem to do better with the organic based variety However, since its about half way, Im hoping the yeast will up take...

Im using a hydrometer but its only off about a few points. I thought about my last post. Maybe it isnt the DAP in the energizer, but rather not enough nutrient with nitrogen. It seems it stoped about halfway. Im guessing the yeast ate up natural nutrients in the concentrate and since I didnt...

Guys I went ahead and added my EC-1118 to my concentrate and after a few days, its still stuck about 1.050. And the visual bubbles I can see are very little to barely none at all. But when I aerate it, the bubbles come back to life. But after a few days the SP is still the same about 1.050...

Well one of my ideas, besides maybe lower ABV, was to try out some other yeasts just to see how they were. I did notice on some other sites and on youtube that different yeasts had slightly different flavors or differences that I may or may not have noticed. But now armed with new experience...

Sour Grapes, Norcal, Thanks for the info. I had no idea about the specifics of this specific yeast. Something in my gut was telling me something was wrong and all this time, It was the OG being too high for the yeast. Im glad I came here to post. I learn something new every day. Looks like I...

Well, what I meant to say, was from letting it become sickly sweet to more of a dryer taste. Before, Ive always added sugar to bring OG levels to about 1.120 or 1.130 with using EC-1118. It was always strong in ABV. Since never using any other yeast besides EC-1118 and maybe some bakers...

Hey guys, for the few years Ive been making my own wines ive only used exclusively Lalvins EC-1118 for everything. It was always strong, never stuck, and my wines were pretty strong. However, I decided to cut down on the alcohol and start using "Red Stars Montrachet" since it would bring it...

Ooops false alarm. Both are bubbling away. This morning awoke popped the lids and with a flashlight saw the small surface popping with miniscual bubbles. Added another teaspoon of Fermax just in case.

Intersting that you say that. Well guys, I wasnt so accurate in my details of how much sugar I dropped in. In the second bucket I only dropped bout 9lbs since I needed some sugar for coffee. The hydrometer reading for the second was about 1.125 or maybe 1.120. Not too sure since I felt it was...

Yeah I added like 5 teaspoons of some stuff called fermax yeast nutrient. (the bottle says add a teaspoon to every gallon)