My Second Batch....Altered Dragon's Blood.

[RhynoMakingWineO]

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[RhynoMakingWineO]

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[jamesngalveston]

what yeast did you use.

 

[seth8530]

I think he said he use EC1118.. Honestly, I think your sugar is WAY too high. That is high enough to make 20% abv if it goes dry. I would not be surprised if the sugar alone stopped it from taking off. That combined with your relatively high sulfite level will make this a hard one to get turning. I would splas rack a few times and consider adding water to lower the SG...

 

[jamesngalveston]

if you got to the 120 degree range, I would say the yeast is pretty stressed..
you may not get h2s, but after racking a few times, you may get a starch haze...

 

[sour_grapes]

Why not pitch some more yeast? I don't see what it can hurt. 120 F is pretty dang hot.

 

[RhynoMakingWineO]

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[RhynoMakingWineO]

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[RhynoMakingWineO]

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[RhynoMakingWineO]

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[RhynoMakingWineO]

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[jamesngalveston]

This is my last suggestion for this batch.
get it out of that carboy, put in bucket, and let it get some oxygen....
It needs some room.....

 

[RhynoMakingWineO]

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[wineforfun]

If you get this to turn out, please make sure and make another batch exactly as the recipe states. That is what most of us have done, and then we take off and start tweaking it. At least following the original recipe, you will have an idea of what you are shooting for initially.
I am all for changing it up and most of us do that after our initial DB.

 

[RhynoMakingWineO]

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[RhynoMakingWineO]

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[iVivid]

You might have a problem with "overflow" soon if it's from fermentation!

 

[dangerdave]

I'm with DJ, although I may be biased. Everyone should try an original recipe.

 

[RhynoMakingWineO]

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