donkeyface
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Hi there, proud owner of a new basic kit. Have yet to meet anyone who hates this hobby so I thought I'd give it a try. Here's what I did, trying for a fruity red:
1) Sanitized the hell out of everything used in the next steps
2a) Dumped in six gallons of grape juice into the primary fermentor
2b) Put 1 packet of LAlvin 71B-1122 wine yeast into about a cup of simple syrup and let it get slightly bubbly.
3) Put 1/4 tsp sodium metabisulfite into the primary.
4) Stirred about five minutes.
5) Put in about 2 pounds of sugar, stirred to dissolve.
Did I screw things here? ---> 6) Immediately put yeast in fermentor,
I guess my concern is that I put in the metabisulfite, then less than a few minutes later, put in the yeast....did I effectively kill off the yeast? Should I have waited?
I should mention this is barely day 2 in the primary, so I'm guessing things are salvageable. This noob appreciates the advice.
1) Sanitized the hell out of everything used in the next steps
2a) Dumped in six gallons of grape juice into the primary fermentor
2b) Put 1 packet of LAlvin 71B-1122 wine yeast into about a cup of simple syrup and let it get slightly bubbly.
3) Put 1/4 tsp sodium metabisulfite into the primary.
4) Stirred about five minutes.
5) Put in about 2 pounds of sugar, stirred to dissolve.
Did I screw things here? ---> 6) Immediately put yeast in fermentor,
I guess my concern is that I put in the metabisulfite, then less than a few minutes later, put in the yeast....did I effectively kill off the yeast? Should I have waited?
I should mention this is barely day 2 in the primary, so I'm guessing things are salvageable. This noob appreciates the advice.