Tom from VA
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Screwed up, and not sure how to proceed? Recipe was a conglomeration of two videos from youtube.
Where I got my self possibly into trouble, Recipe called for 6 lbs of honey in a 3 gallon batch. I used three Honey bears I thought were 1 lb - insted were 1-1/2 lb. Thus I used 7.5 lb of honey.
My notes:
3 Gallon batch
5+ – 64 oz. (2 Qt) bottles of Lidel 100% Apple Juice
7.5 lbs. Honey (4.5 lb. Kirkland Raw Honey) & (3 lb. Kirkand Raw Unfiltered Honey)
Juice of 1 Lemon
3 teaspoons of Fermax Yeast Nutrient (label suggest 1-1.5 teaspoons per gal.)
1 package Lalvin EC-1118 yeast
Hydrometer reading = 1.128 (16.5% ABV possible) - thought this was way high, but it was my first time using one.
Vodka in Airlock
Day 2. Added additional teaspoon of Fermax.
Swirled bottle a little on day 1,2, and 5 to de-gass a little.
On day 13 (04/23/23) bubbling in airlock slowed down from 1 bubble every second to 1 bubble every 2 seconds. On 04/24/23 it was producing 1 bubble every 4 seconds.
On day 21 (05/01/23) bubbling has decreased to one every 28 seconds.
Day thirty - no noticable bubbling.
05/17/23 – Gravity measures 1.018. Tasted sweat but far from enjoyable. Not vinegar. Smelled good the whole time brewing..
What should I do? Sitting on Lees. Should I put into Secondary container and de-gass? Afterwards add water or more Apple juice and see if it starts to brew again? What the best advice?
Where I got my self possibly into trouble, Recipe called for 6 lbs of honey in a 3 gallon batch. I used three Honey bears I thought were 1 lb - insted were 1-1/2 lb. Thus I used 7.5 lb of honey.
My notes:
3 Gallon batch
5+ – 64 oz. (2 Qt) bottles of Lidel 100% Apple Juice
7.5 lbs. Honey (4.5 lb. Kirkland Raw Honey) & (3 lb. Kirkand Raw Unfiltered Honey)
Juice of 1 Lemon
3 teaspoons of Fermax Yeast Nutrient (label suggest 1-1.5 teaspoons per gal.)
1 package Lalvin EC-1118 yeast
Hydrometer reading = 1.128 (16.5% ABV possible) - thought this was way high, but it was my first time using one.
Vodka in Airlock
Day 2. Added additional teaspoon of Fermax.
Swirled bottle a little on day 1,2, and 5 to de-gass a little.
On day 13 (04/23/23) bubbling in airlock slowed down from 1 bubble every second to 1 bubble every 2 seconds. On 04/24/23 it was producing 1 bubble every 4 seconds.
On day 21 (05/01/23) bubbling has decreased to one every 28 seconds.
Day thirty - no noticable bubbling.
05/17/23 – Gravity measures 1.018. Tasted sweat but far from enjoyable. Not vinegar. Smelled good the whole time brewing..
What should I do? Sitting on Lees. Should I put into Secondary container and de-gass? Afterwards add water or more Apple juice and see if it starts to brew again? What the best advice?
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