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  1. orejunky

    Slow fermenting nc-1118

    Hello everyone. So I started a batch of around 50L of hard cider. The cider is from a proven cider provider that has produced decent cider before (pastuerized, no preservatives). Because of space I am brewing at his place. I made sure everything was sterilized and I used two packets of...
  2. orejunky

    too warm yeast might have died

    So I had my small batch of mango-peach wine in my warm but not too warm living room and everything was fine. I come home and my roommate cranked the heat to around 28 degrees. i look at my jug and everything has stopped. I'm pretty sure the yeast is dead, as the jug was really warm to the...
  3. orejunky

    Pouring instead of siphon

    I planned on using my wine thief to top up my demijon before I left for 2 weeks, but my wine thief doesn't fit in my 1 gallon jugs. And I'm not too confident with the siphon without contaminating the wine. Can I just pour from the 1 gallon jug to the demijon. Obviously being careful not to...
  4. orejunky

    Same wine different colours

    First time making a pinot grigio from festa juice and I am about 12 days in. I have one demijon and two 1 gallon jugs going. I am noticing that the two gallon jugs have a slightly different colour to them. Now granted they aren't the exact same type of gallon jugs so it could be the...
  5. orejunky

    No second demijohn

    Is it imperative to put the wine in a different demijohn for the second fermentation? Because I don't have a second one on hand. I will about 4 weeks from when I initiated my wine.
  6. orejunky

    Panicking a bit

    So bought wine juice in buckets last night in the city 6 hrs away arrived at home at 2am. Too tired to do anything and then had to work. I began sterilizing everything and got everything ready and my wine was already fermenting in the bucket. I gave it a good stir and through it in the...
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