Recent content by Gill

No matter what mistake you make, I would suggest you cork it and wait a year. My first batch I thought I completely destroyed it. I wrapped it in a blanket and put it next to a heater for fermentation because I thought the room was too cold. The yeast pretty much exploded around a 5 foot radius...

Great link Sour-Grapes! This will help me out as well. I appreciate the input you guys provide. Thanks!

Thank you for the correction!! I’m still trying to get it right. Thank you for letting me know it should be good. I appreciate it.

Well, you guys were right! All is well. My SG is 0.092. The nice thing about such a quiet fermentation is that I had little to no lees to deal with. I did a couple of transfers with my new All In One Wine pump (thanks Steve). I have to leave again tomorrow for another five days. I totally...

Agreed, that’s funny, my last batch that I handed out to people (completely young) thought that it would make a really good sangria.

@BMarNJ @jvbutter Agreed, I enjoy it. I’ve learned a lot in general, and a lot from this forum. I too have learned that it can be a bit forgiving. My first batch was nasty, big mistakes. I poured most of it out. A year and a half later I opened the remaining few bottles and it was...

Always good to hear positive news and interpretations. Thank you, I appreciate it. I’ll be home this weekend to check it before I leave for another week. I’m feeling much better about the outcome. Cheers!

Yes Sir, it’s has the airlock in place. This has been a lot of help, so thanks to everyone. I am curious why the yeast acted differently this time. The same brand of wine, same equipment, same environment. At least I learned a few more tips.

Thanks for the link, I will for sure.

Well, at least I know I’m completely miss reading the hydrometer. Yeah, I left already. Any tips I could give my wife? I do have yeast nutrients coming in if that would help.

Absolutely no offense at all. Thank you though. I’ve got pretty thick skin anyway. I didn’t have time to do anything with it before I left for work this morning. It was releasing CO2 about every four seconds last night, so it’s still cooking. I did take a photo of the reading to make sure I...

You are correct, I'm using the top one, but I just got the bottom fermentor this week for my next batch. I'll let you guys know what happened next weekend. Thank You!

Awesome, thanks for the help. I appreciate it. I learned a couple more things today. Don't skip the gravity in the beginning. Use a towel for primary fermentation. I just read on ECKraus that using an air lock can slow it way down. One day wiser...

Good to know, I'll use a dish towel then. My previous kits (this one also) stated to air lock it at fermentation. This one just isn't acting like my other 3 kits I've done. Would yeast nutrients help? Should I just let it ride until it reaches 1.010, then start racking and clearing...

So, my fault, I did not take the initial gravity. I won't make that mistake again. My current gravity is 1.080. My kit states that the target is 1.010 by the end of the second fermentation. I put the airlock back in, and gas is released every 5 seconds. Thank you for the response.