Autumnridgewine
Member
Hi homebrew folks,
We just joined the forum a few days ago. For the first time we used 71b yeast for our home brew to make a dry red wine from Welches grape juice. I noticed a marked difference in the fermentation process from using flieshmans active dry yeast. This 71b fermented fast and furious (in our language, one "bloop" per second on the airlock!!!). Then in a day or two it rapidly fell off. we started the batch on March 16. On March 21 (yesterday), it had slowed to one "bloop" per 2 1/2 minutes. Wow, fast uptake and fast drop off. My temp in the room it is fermenting is steady, around 70 degrees. I have not checked the "blooping" this morning, but assume it is about done. My question is whether this process is normal for it to seeming complete the fermentation process in just 5 or 6 days? Thanks for your feedback for these newbies!!!
We just joined the forum a few days ago. For the first time we used 71b yeast for our home brew to make a dry red wine from Welches grape juice. I noticed a marked difference in the fermentation process from using flieshmans active dry yeast. This 71b fermented fast and furious (in our language, one "bloop" per second on the airlock!!!). Then in a day or two it rapidly fell off. we started the batch on March 16. On March 21 (yesterday), it had slowed to one "bloop" per 2 1/2 minutes. Wow, fast uptake and fast drop off. My temp in the room it is fermenting is steady, around 70 degrees. I have not checked the "blooping" this morning, but assume it is about done. My question is whether this process is normal for it to seeming complete the fermentation process in just 5 or 6 days? Thanks for your feedback for these newbies!!!