Wiccan_Lager
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Hey everyone,
about a week ago I purchased a few pales of Sangiovese, Alicante and Zinfandel. All of them had a OG of around 1.090. I pitch the yeast and in three days the SG dropped down to 1.005ish on all of them. Fast if I may say so.
But last Sunday I picked up a 6 gallon pale of Grenache (rose' to my demise) and pitched my yeast on Monday morning. The juice temp was about 70 degrees (just as the others were). The OG of the Grenache was about 1.085 if I recall correctly. Yesterday I went to stir up my bucket and test my SG and the hydrometer dropped to about 1.080.
I know it can't be the temperature seeing as it has been constant through out. The yeast seems to be working. The Grenache has a white foam on top. Could this be bad yeast? Is this something typical of rose'? Or does something like this normal? I have never seen wine ferment this slowly.
Oh, and the yeast I am using is Lalvin ICV-GRE.
If you guys need more info let me know. And if I over reacting let me know too. I tend to be paranoid.
about a week ago I purchased a few pales of Sangiovese, Alicante and Zinfandel. All of them had a OG of around 1.090. I pitch the yeast and in three days the SG dropped down to 1.005ish on all of them. Fast if I may say so.
But last Sunday I picked up a 6 gallon pale of Grenache (rose' to my demise) and pitched my yeast on Monday morning. The juice temp was about 70 degrees (just as the others were). The OG of the Grenache was about 1.085 if I recall correctly. Yesterday I went to stir up my bucket and test my SG and the hydrometer dropped to about 1.080.
I know it can't be the temperature seeing as it has been constant through out. The yeast seems to be working. The Grenache has a white foam on top. Could this be bad yeast? Is this something typical of rose'? Or does something like this normal? I have never seen wine ferment this slowly.
Oh, and the yeast I am using is Lalvin ICV-GRE.
If you guys need more info let me know. And if I over reacting let me know too. I tend to be paranoid.