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robbyberto
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Homemade wine
#7591986 - 11/03/07 06:15 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I just followed these instructions and I'm waiting for it to show signs of fermentation. My question, when I added the yeast the temperature of the mixture was about fifty degrees, would this have stopped the yeast from fermenting?
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It should just fine, it will make the yeast work slower.
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Re: Homemade wine [Re: Brainiac]
#7592712 - 11/03/07 09:45 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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How starting temperature would it have to be to stop fermentation from the beginning? EDIT It looks like its working now. The balloon is getting up.
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Edited by robbyberto (11/03/07 10:21 PM)
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its better to have it too cold rather than too hot.
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Does anyone have a guess as to what the alcohol content of this might be?
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check out the wine making link in my sig.
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Quote:
robbyberto said: Does anyone have a guess as to what the alcohol content of this might be?
No more then 22-23% apv. As yeast can only produce so much alcohol,with out killing it's self.
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robbyberto said: Does anyone have a guess as to what the alcohol content of this might be?
its a simple matter to find out, you buy a hydrometer. measure the specific gravity of your unfermented liquid, and measure again when it is fermented. there are calculators online that will take the two measurements and give you a % abv.
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I'll get a hydrometer after I start distilling. I don't really care very much about this crappy hooch.
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I just started skimming over homebrew type articles so bear with me. I would think you want the jug/equipment as clean as possible to prevent bacteria growth. Or is this not an issue because of sugar content? Basically, how safe would this be? I think I read somewhere that u either end up with wine or vinegar. Could this make someone sick? Enlighten me. On a side note, any aquarium hobbyists here? You could direct the CO2 from fermentation into a fish tank to boost plant growth, might be fun to investigate.
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hydrometers are like $8 it makes life a lot easier because you can see how your fermentation is progressing, and other things. do some reading and you'll see its a really great thing to have even just for messing around
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using bread yeast will get you somewhere in the 8% to 9% alcohol range, provided you have enough sugars. after that, the strain of yeast (bread yeast) will die. yeasts that are cultured for use in wines can reach a much higher percentage, it just depends on what your looking for.
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Re: Homemade wine [Re: zigzag]
#8078941 - 02/27/08 08:14 PM (16 years, 24 days ago) |
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Yeah, I know I'm not using the proper kind of yeast. I'm a freshman in college and I just wanted some very cheap ethanol.
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bread yeast isn't necessarily the 'wrong' type of yeast, it'll work. other yeasts will just work better. i've made more than a few brews with bread yeast. 8% to 9% isn't too shabby, i just never really liked the yeasty after taste. if you want a good all-around yeast to use, try searching for lalvin 71B. it's pretty cheap and you can order it on ebay too.
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&catref=C12&maxrecordsreturned=300&frpp=50&from=R10&satitle=lalvin&sacat=14308%26catref%3DC6&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&sadis=200&fpos=16853&sabfmts=1&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D1&coaction=compare&copagenum=1&coentrypage=search
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Edited by zigzag (02/28/08 10:28 AM)
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