Once again, thanks for all the help. I think everything is going alright now.
I bought a hydrometer this afternoon as well as a hose to siphon the primary into a secondary. I wish I had been able to read the specific gravity when I started so I'd have an idea of the alcohol content, but...
I just noticed there is also a layer of white stuff at the bottom of the jug. Yeast and sugar maybe? I had mixed it all up and it had dissolved though, kind of weird.
Thank you very much for the help! To answer your questions...
-It's in a gallon jug with not very much air in it, not even an inch below the cap.
- It's a champagne yeast, EC-1118 (saccharomyces bayanus)
-The room is abour 75 degrees +/- 2
-No way to measure the OG
-Added about 1...
If this spoils I'll definately use that recipe for the next batch. So far there's no brown color.
I still am not sure if I should take the airlocks out to let it breathe and ferment some????
I got my instructions from the guy at the shop. I wanted to make watermelon wine and this is what he told me to do.
Ingredients:
- One gallon of watermelon juice
- 2.5lbs of sugar
- One teaspoon of pectic enzyme
- Two crushed campden tablets
I sterilized the pot that I used to...
Also, there is a light odor coming from the bottles that kind of smells like rotten eggs. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that's a bad thing...
Hi!
My name is Keith and I live in North Carolina. I just made my first little batch of wine on Sunday night. I was shopping at a specialty beer shop and got into a conversation with one of the guys that works there that led me to purchase some bare essentials to make some wine.
So I...