PPBart
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Local Walmart has had peaches on sale for some time now. Last Sunday I bought about 12-13 lbs to run thu my new steam juicer; output was ~4 ltrs. Neither my wife nor I care for drinking peach juice, so I started a small batch of wine.
On Monday, I pitched in a Champaigne yeast starter. On Tuesday, there was no evidence of yeast activity -- not one bubble that I saw -- so I gave it a good stir. On Wednesday, there was no evidence of yeast activity, so I stirred it again. This afternoon (Thursday), still no bubbles so I stirred again, then decided to prepare another starter. However, first I checked the SG -- and was amazed to see the hydrometer bobbing at 0.996! I immediately transferred the batch to glass under airlock.
Lesson learned from this episode is that even if there's no visible evidence of fermentation, it's probably a good idea to periodically check SG.
On Monday, I pitched in a Champaigne yeast starter. On Tuesday, there was no evidence of yeast activity -- not one bubble that I saw -- so I gave it a good stir. On Wednesday, there was no evidence of yeast activity, so I stirred it again. This afternoon (Thursday), still no bubbles so I stirred again, then decided to prepare another starter. However, first I checked the SG -- and was amazed to see the hydrometer bobbing at 0.996! I immediately transferred the batch to glass under airlock.
Lesson learned from this episode is that even if there's no visible evidence of fermentation, it's probably a good idea to periodically check SG.