Hi all, a little concerned with one of my first batches.
Primary recipe:
1 Gallon batch
3LB orange blossom honey
1/4 cup chopped raisins
1 vanilla bean cut in half
chamomile tea in lieu of just water to neckline of jug
Red star premier classique wine yeast
No activity first day, minimal activity days 2-3 then it stopped. Gravity reading of 1.130 on day 5. I made a starter with some of the must + water and half a packet of the same yeast and pitched it along with 1.4 grams of fermaid-O. Since then, minimal bubbling in jug & airlock bubbles once every 5-7 seconds. I took another gravity reading today (2 days after first reading) and it's still 1.130. I don't know what else I can do to save this batch or get it to ferment like it should or why the gravity reading is so high.
I have a second traditional with basically the same ingredients, 3LB honey and water instead of tea that is bubbling away with a gravity reading of 1.090 that seems well on its way. I don't understand why one is working amazingly and the other seems unrevivable. Any help is appreciated!! Thank you!
Primary recipe:
1 Gallon batch
3LB orange blossom honey
1/4 cup chopped raisins
1 vanilla bean cut in half
chamomile tea in lieu of just water to neckline of jug
Red star premier classique wine yeast
No activity first day, minimal activity days 2-3 then it stopped. Gravity reading of 1.130 on day 5. I made a starter with some of the must + water and half a packet of the same yeast and pitched it along with 1.4 grams of fermaid-O. Since then, minimal bubbling in jug & airlock bubbles once every 5-7 seconds. I took another gravity reading today (2 days after first reading) and it's still 1.130. I don't know what else I can do to save this batch or get it to ferment like it should or why the gravity reading is so high.
I have a second traditional with basically the same ingredients, 3LB honey and water instead of tea that is bubbling away with a gravity reading of 1.090 that seems well on its way. I don't understand why one is working amazingly and the other seems unrevivable. Any help is appreciated!! Thank you!