bovinewines
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Texas: If you don't like the weather...wait 30 minutes...it'll change...
And with that I pitched the yeast on a WV Austrailian Shiraz Sunday a week ago and put it into secondary fermentation this past Sunday.
Seemed to be okay...until today when the temperature in the winery (guest bathroom) reached 65 degrees.... Fermentation seems to have stopped (the airlock is now "even").
So...I broke down and turned on the heat...is that enough? Should I consider putting a heating pad and flannel shirt around the baby or should I just ignore it all and figure it'll all come out at some point.
I plan on sort of winging this one...meaning I'm not following the instructions to a fault...if secondary fermentation goes three weeks vs. the perscribed 14 days...hey...what the heck...
And with that I pitched the yeast on a WV Austrailian Shiraz Sunday a week ago and put it into secondary fermentation this past Sunday.
Seemed to be okay...until today when the temperature in the winery (guest bathroom) reached 65 degrees.... Fermentation seems to have stopped (the airlock is now "even").
So...I broke down and turned on the heat...is that enough? Should I consider putting a heating pad and flannel shirt around the baby or should I just ignore it all and figure it'll all come out at some point.
I plan on sort of winging this one...meaning I'm not following the instructions to a fault...if secondary fermentation goes three weeks vs. the perscribed 14 days...hey...what the heck...