LoneStarLori
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I bought a Orchard Breezin Watermelon white Merlot kit last week. Stupidly, I didn't look a the date till I started it yesterday and it was May 2012. Yikes!
The starting SG was 1.065 so I bumped it up to 1.074 with a can of frozen white grape juice and 1/2 of the fpac. (I didn't want it too sweet in the end.) It came with EC-118. The must temp was 72º when I sprinkled the yeast on top.
32 hours later, it is just sitting pretty much where I left it with the yeast still on top. I know it can take up to 48 hours, but it never has in my house.
So my thought is possibly the yeast was bad from being old and not refrigerated.
I stirred up to wake it up, but f it doesn't start by tomorrow, should I add a new packet of EC-118 or yeast nutrient?
Thanks, Lori
The starting SG was 1.065 so I bumped it up to 1.074 with a can of frozen white grape juice and 1/2 of the fpac. (I didn't want it too sweet in the end.) It came with EC-118. The must temp was 72º when I sprinkled the yeast on top.
32 hours later, it is just sitting pretty much where I left it with the yeast still on top. I know it can take up to 48 hours, but it never has in my house.
So my thought is possibly the yeast was bad from being old and not refrigerated.
I stirred up to wake it up, but f it doesn't start by tomorrow, should I add a new packet of EC-118 or yeast nutrient?
Thanks, Lori