Recent content by buckeyefrank

Hopefully all will be well with this batch of wine. It wasn't completely finished fermenting as it continued to bubble a little bit for about two more days. Now that it is finished, I took a small sample and I didn't notice any off smells yet. I'm praying they don't develop in the near...

I let it sit about 3 weeks or so. I tried re-pitching the yeast and it really never took. It didn't cost me anything cause I had the stuff sitting around so I wasn't really worried about the cost. I really wanted the fermenter more than anything. The yeast was Lalvin 71B-1122 and the temp...

I am brand new to brewing and my first batch needed to be thrown away because I couldn't get fermentation to start. I did not create a yeast starrter. My second batch is jack Kepler's strawberry chocolate wine. This one I created a yeast starter for about 12 hours and it completed...

Thanks everybody for the fast responses. I tried to aerate the thing and hopefully that will get it active. If not, I'll just pitch another yeast starter on it. Thanks

When my fermentation bucket becomes free I am going to try this recipe. Does it taste anything like Smirnoff's Tuscan Lemonade?

I believe you could be correct. That is probably what the smell is. Since my hydrometer has only gone from 1.095 to 1.080 in 6 days I think at a minimum my fermentation is slowed / stalled. Should I pitch more yeast on it to get it going?

It was actually a brand new food grade 5 gallon bucket that I purchased from Lowes. The yeast was purchased from my LHBS. I have a feeling the yeast may have been bad. I was making 1 gallon so I decided to split the yeast. I took a little over 1/4 tsp for a hobo apple wine and then the...

I am just getting started on making wine. About a week ago I started my first batch and began a cheap grape concentrate 1 gallon recipe. OG was 1.095 and the must was placed in a fermenting bucket. For some reason, fermentation never really took off. There has been a little foam on top but...