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If i add more fruit, yeast and sugar can i re make wine?
I made some homemade wine and I believe I didn't add enough sugar because it reads 0 alcohol. My question is my wine has been strained and transferred into clean jars and dead yeast gone. If I take ...
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Storage of picked grapes
I've picked my grapes, but I don't have any yeast yet. How long can I leave them before crushing them and starting the fermentation for white wine.
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Started first fermentation with Red Star Blanc. I was planning on adding the Cuvee yeast for second fermentation. Will this be ok for sparkling wine?
This is my first attempt at making homemade wine. I started with the Red Star Blanc in a one gallon jar. I'm almost a week into my first fermentation. For my second fermentation I plan on using the ...
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Non Turbo, High Proof Yeast
Currently I am using EC-1118 yeast for making my wines.
In the past I have also used DADY Red Star and it worked, but took forever to clear up and become even remotely drinkable. Plus my last 2 ...
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Is it okay to cultivate wine yeast bought from store to save money than repeatedly buying it?
The title summarizes it.
I've search the google about someone trying to cultivate a wine yeast they bought but I can't seem to find one.
I'm new to wine making and I don't have really a lot of money ...
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How to approximate when half the sugar has been fermented
The EC-1118 datasheet suggests a procedure wherein you pitch the full amount of yeast in 10% of the total volume of your liquid, and let it ferment until approximately half the sugar is used up, and ...
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Accidentally added yeast in first 24 hours
I am making plum wine. The recipe said mash the fruit, cover with water, add a campden tablet and pectinase and leave for 24 hours before adding other ingredients. I through the yeast in at the same ...
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Liquid yeast in wine making
I've been making beer at home for quite some time now and can definitely see the difference between dry and liquid yeast (especially in some beer styles like hefeweizen). In my area there is a long ...
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Can I add yeast and sugar during the first 10 days?
I have a wine that's been on primary fermentation for 10 days and still haven't seen any activity in the airlock.
I think that the reason is the sugar and the yeast needed to be added. I saw in some ...
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Yeast or not to yeast, that is the question
So this is the third year I am making home made wine from a combination of red (75%) and white(25%).
In the past the person in which I purchased from had a big industrial blender of sorts and gave me ...
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How long can you wait till you add the proper yeast
I crushed my grapes added 5 lbs sugar and a wild yeast killer pectic enzyme. I haven't got the yeast for the correct grape wine process. It's been 6 days. The temperature has been maintained around ...
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Wine or cider yeast for ale
I'm a noob brewer and being distracted added boiling water to my yeast. I added cold water immediately however I'm afraid I may have committed yeastocide.
The only place I could think of around me ...
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how jiuqu or chinese wine yeast ball are made?
I live in Bangladesh where all alcoholic drinks are forbidden.I tried to make rice wine from bread yeast but consistency of alcohol is very low because of it's low resistance to alcohol.I heard ...
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Degassing and it's effects on yeast
I'm wondering if degassing and removing the suspended CO2 (a part of, and a percentage of the wine) changes the totals for ABV% as it applies to yeast tolerance. It seems that by degassing you would ...
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Blackberry wine yeast?
I am making a one gallon batch of blackberry wine. What type of yeast would you recommend? I would like the wine to be on the sweet side. Thanks!
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How to fix yeast smell in young wine from kit
I started my first attempt at fermenting this wine kit in mid-April.
I followed the initial directions pretty meticulously which included stirring in the fermentation bucket daily (due to kit ...
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Does yeast type affect wine taste..?
I'm new in wine making and I tried to make it with fresh yeast, not dried. I think I'm using a lot of it to help fermentation end faster. Will this affect the taste of wine? Will dries yeast achieve a ...
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What is the specific role of yeast in wine making? [closed]
I'm a senior student, experimenting on alcohol concentration of wine using different variables. My variables are white wine yeast and brewing yeast and whilst I know the main role, I would like to ...
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Wine fermentation without yeast?
Apologies if this is a duplicate - wasn't able to find anything similar.
Making a 3gal batch of strawberry wine. Poured sugar-water over fruit and set aside to cool. Been having problems with bugs ...
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Tannins and yeast
On this page it is claimed that wine yeast needs some tannins to work, and that this can be a cause of stuck ferments in, say, flower wines. I have never heard of this, and cannot seem to find a good ...
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Is it okay to freeze dry yeast at around -20 °C?
After adding a sachet of 71B yeast to a 50ml starter at about 40 °C, I've noticed absolutely no activity. The yeast sunk to the bottom of the container and just stayed there. This is the first time I ...
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How do i clear the batch after fermentation?
I have tried to use many things to clear wine or fermented beverage. Things like cloth, paper towels and coffee filters, non of these work well, but what is the most effective way to clear out the ...
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Where can I find information about the yeast Saccharomyces Bayanus?
I was able to find plenty of information about the ale yeast S. Cerevisiae and lager yeast S. Pastorianus, however information about the wine making yeast S. Bayanus appears to be more difficult to ...
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Flowers of Wine (Problem)
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I am currently working on a batch of jalapeno-cranberry wine. It's been in primary for five days so far and I am beginning to suspect I have flowers in my wine. I was not too concerned ...
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What volume of brewer's yeast to use for yeast-nutrient-less dandelion wine?
I'm trying my first, 1-gallon batch of dandelion wine. Some recipes say "1 packet" of brewer's yeast, and mine doesn't even specify an amount. It also specifies to add "yeast nutrient," which my ...
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Premature fermentation of wine must. What to do?
I recently took delivery of a five gallon pail of white wine juice. Supposedly, the juice had been refrigerated on its trip from California and stored in a cool warehouse here in my home town. However,...
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What would happen if I used a yeast meant for white wine to brew red wine or vice versa?
I was buying winemaking yeast and wondered - what exactly would happen if I used the stuff meant for red wines for white or the other way around?
Would it be bad? Would it work at all? Would it just ...
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Can I use wine yeast to ferment beer?
Can I use wine yeast to ferment a beer? What sort of problems might I encounter that are unique to wine yeast trying to ferment malt sugars? What sort of flavor differences might I encounter?
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