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Following on from what campden does, what is the purpose of adding acid?
I tried something 'strange' at the weekend, being forced to go to the god awful place that is Ikea I looked arounf the foody bit at the end and descovered an elderflower syrup concentrate and noticed it contained no preservatives so the experiment was born.
I made up the concentrate as directed, added yeast nutrient and sugar using my hydrometer to judge.
I noticed that the concentrate had citric acid as an ingredient so was unsure how much (if any) to add? I decided to add half the recommended amount for a gallon as the juice already had some in.
I skipped campden assuming the juice would have been made a sterile environment and pitched my yeast.....
...well its definately fermenting although somewhat slower than I would expect given the sugar levels, and when I stir it it almost stops. Any ideas why so slow? I was wondering if it was an acid issue?
It only made 3.5l so I will need to top it up with a litre of something and am undecided between using more of the elderflower concentrate or adding some apple juice/sugar/nutrient/acid?
Any help/views apprecieted - Rob
I tried something 'strange' at the weekend, being forced to go to the god awful place that is Ikea I looked arounf the foody bit at the end and descovered an elderflower syrup concentrate and noticed it contained no preservatives so the experiment was born.
I made up the concentrate as directed, added yeast nutrient and sugar using my hydrometer to judge.
I noticed that the concentrate had citric acid as an ingredient so was unsure how much (if any) to add? I decided to add half the recommended amount for a gallon as the juice already had some in.
I skipped campden assuming the juice would have been made a sterile environment and pitched my yeast.....
...well its definately fermenting although somewhat slower than I would expect given the sugar levels, and when I stir it it almost stops. Any ideas why so slow? I was wondering if it was an acid issue?
It only made 3.5l so I will need to top it up with a litre of something and am undecided between using more of the elderflower concentrate or adding some apple juice/sugar/nutrient/acid?
Any help/views apprecieted - Rob