All right, so since Vintner's advertises their 1 gallon concentrate as a "just add water", i figure this is the best section for it.
Short version: EC-1118 has only dropped my Sg .01 (1.09 to 1.08) in a week despite a vigorous fermentation, and now it isn't pushing anything through the airlock. Fermentation was steady at 67 degrees, and I splashed the fermenter once a day for the first 4 days.
Let it keep going? Or?
Long version:
About a week ago I picked up a gallon of raspberry concentrate in a white plastic gallon jug.
Mixed it with water per the label, and added sugar to get the mix up to a 12% potential vs. the 9% potential that the blend/water mix indicated. I rehydrated a packet of EC-1118 and pitched it after 15 minutes or so (it had built up a solid head of foam, no doubt the yeast was alive and happy). Immediately put it under an airlock, per label recommendation.
The yeast took off about 24 hours later, and what appeared to be a good fermentation followed. I splashed the bottle once a day for 4 days. Last night it was down to about a bubble a minute, so i checked to see if it was ready to go to secondary.
Turns out, the Sg is still up around 1.08 despite the fermentation having been vigorous enough that i had to check on it the first 3 days to make sure the airlock never ran dry from bubbling over.
From what I gather, EC-1118 is the yeast you use when this happens to another yeast
So let it keep going? Repitch yeast? Rack and see if it takes back off? I'm all ears.
Short version: EC-1118 has only dropped my Sg .01 (1.09 to 1.08) in a week despite a vigorous fermentation, and now it isn't pushing anything through the airlock. Fermentation was steady at 67 degrees, and I splashed the fermenter once a day for the first 4 days.
Let it keep going? Or?
Long version:
About a week ago I picked up a gallon of raspberry concentrate in a white plastic gallon jug.
Mixed it with water per the label, and added sugar to get the mix up to a 12% potential vs. the 9% potential that the blend/water mix indicated. I rehydrated a packet of EC-1118 and pitched it after 15 minutes or so (it had built up a solid head of foam, no doubt the yeast was alive and happy). Immediately put it under an airlock, per label recommendation.
The yeast took off about 24 hours later, and what appeared to be a good fermentation followed. I splashed the bottle once a day for 4 days. Last night it was down to about a bubble a minute, so i checked to see if it was ready to go to secondary.
Turns out, the Sg is still up around 1.08 despite the fermentation having been vigorous enough that i had to check on it the first 3 days to make sure the airlock never ran dry from bubbling over.
From what I gather, EC-1118 is the yeast you use when this happens to another yeast
So let it keep going? Repitch yeast? Rack and see if it takes back off? I'm all ears.