Maronleighton
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And when should I rack to secondary?
Lalvin d47normally when the specific gravity reaches 1.000 or when the specific gravity stays at the same value for three days straight. I don't recall the yeast you used but they normally have a alcohol tolerance and will stop fermenting when they reach this point rather than when the sugar was gone. depends on sg when you started and the yeast tolerance. in this case three days straight value is used.
I dont but I follwed a recipe really closely and it should be around 1.138do you have starting specific gravity?
Ok, my understanding is its ok to leave on the d47 lees for quite a while. Is that wrong?ok that is probably over the yeast alcohol tolerance so go to secondary when all fermentation stops and sg is the same for three days. keep in secondary for three days and rack off of the gross lees add k-meta. wait three weeks and rack off of fine lees then go into bulk aging.
So the recipie I followed has an original gravity of 1.138. I took a reading last night, it was at 1.050. So that should put me around 11% abv. So might that explain why there isn't a lot of bubbling or foaming in the must? I'm only 6 days in.i have a hard time thinking it might be done already. Maybe it just slowed down because the yeast is trying to break down more complex sugars?
So leave them to work a little bit longer in primary?I would assume that on day six the yeast are still working but in a stressed condition. You have air locks therefore the old adage “patience” is worth remembering. It will take months to clear. (haven’t opened the recipe but for cyser it needs pectase to clear)
1.050what is the specific gravity now?
let it sit for a while longer not ready for the secondary yet.
So in a stressed condition means they will work slower correct? Because I took sg reading for 2 days in a row. And they looked about the same.I would assume that on day six the yeast are still working but in a stressed condition. You have air locks therefore the old adage “patience” is worth remembering. It will take months to clear. (haven’t opened the recipe but for cyser it needs pectase to clear)
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