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I have two fermenters going with apricot wine right now. Both batches started 3 days ago at SG 1.100. One batch is 5 gallons, the other is 3. The differences between them are that I accidentally added an extra 1/2 tsp of energizer in the small batch, and I left the yeast to rehydrate for a lot longer on the bigger batch. Other than that, the only difference in the recipes are that I added slightly different amounts of sugar and fruit to get my starting SG.
I just opened them for the first time to take a reading and noticed the 3 gallon batch is really foamy, while the 5 gallon batch looks much less active. The smaller, more active batch has also fermented a lot faster. Tonight, the 3 gallon batch has already gone to 1.083. The larger, less active batch is only at 1.092. Both airlocks are bubbling at about the same rate, so I was expecting them to be much closer than that. My question is, would this big difference be because I pitched one pack of yeast in each? I was always told that the amount of yeast you pitch really doesn't have much of an effect. Or is it likely the extra energizer that I added?
Finally, should I just let them go, or should I try and adjust something like adding extra energizer to the big batch to try to to get them to even up?
I just opened them for the first time to take a reading and noticed the 3 gallon batch is really foamy, while the 5 gallon batch looks much less active. The smaller, more active batch has also fermented a lot faster. Tonight, the 3 gallon batch has already gone to 1.083. The larger, less active batch is only at 1.092. Both airlocks are bubbling at about the same rate, so I was expecting them to be much closer than that. My question is, would this big difference be because I pitched one pack of yeast in each? I was always told that the amount of yeast you pitch really doesn't have much of an effect. Or is it likely the extra energizer that I added?
Finally, should I just let them go, or should I try and adjust something like adding extra energizer to the big batch to try to to get them to even up?