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Update from original. The red star worked like a champ for 3 weeks finishing at 1.000. I just took it out of fermenter had a very bitter pint and bottled the rest for carbing. Not going to sweeten this batch but maybe the next. I used the yeast slurry to start some lemon lime type. I'll look...

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Red star has done great! After four days it is still bubbling like a champ and has been almost from the start. No problem with acidity at all. Everybody Wang Chung.

Thanks Bernard for your point of view. According to the other recipes showing OG of 1.07 I'm just short. But no worries. I'll tweak if need be as I make more. At $3 a gallon no sense in only trying once.

Awesome thanks for the info. After reading those recipes I'm pretty short on sugar. I could only use a little corn sugar since I'm bottling brew this week too. If this one turns out well I guess I'll be able to re use the slurry.

Has anyone used just a gallon of lemonade from the store and added yeast? Can a recipe that simple be any good? Not much of a wine maker but I thought I might find an answer here. I tried this tonight and curious if anyone has experience doing the same. Of course the lemonade had no...