Man this thread was a good read, so many great ideas. Making the northern brewer hard seltzer kit now. Having trouble, followed instructions to the T. Nothing happened after 3 days, bought another packed of EC1118 figured maybe it got to hot in shipping or w/e. Re-hydrated and repitched on the 5th day. Started bubbling w/in hours, checked it last night after 2 weeks. only went from 1.035 to 1.028. WTH. I swear I'm done with wine yeast, so tricky. I pitched a 3rd packet, now this am its foaming and bubbling away.
Next time around I'm using us-05 or nottingham. so much more reliable. Any ideas why I'm having so much trouble? I used distilled water and did the yeast nutrient steps for the first 3 days as per the instructions. basically 1/2 tsp of some nutrient and an accelerator.