Freya's Gold
Nov. 5th, 2011 11:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hypatia42After much fussing and finding and whatnot, the must is in the bottle and it is currently losing all of its living components. The yeast is in another bottle getting good and started, I hope. With a starting specific gravity of 1.131 it has the potential of 17.1%ABV but the yeast I got dies off at 16 I think. This is a good thing. It means residual sugar but not a whole lot.
About three gallons of apple cider, half home juiced and half organic raw from the store. About 11 pounds of honey, all locally sourced and 8 of that was raw for sure. I don't know about the other three. Did add sulfites. The yeast was Lalvin 71B-1122. Temp is sitting right about 70 now. I'm thinking a lower temp fermentation for stability and sanity sake. I'm hoping it doesn't just stall tho. Juju.
I've decided to experiment with anything that doesn't fit in the three gallon carboy I am going to get post fermentation. I think I'm going to add some strawberry juice to the leftovers and see what happens to that in a smaller container.
About three gallons of apple cider, half home juiced and half organic raw from the store. About 11 pounds of honey, all locally sourced and 8 of that was raw for sure. I don't know about the other three. Did add sulfites. The yeast was Lalvin 71B-1122. Temp is sitting right about 70 now. I'm thinking a lower temp fermentation for stability and sanity sake. I'm hoping it doesn't just stall tho. Juju.
I've decided to experiment with anything that doesn't fit in the three gallon carboy I am going to get post fermentation. I think I'm going to add some strawberry juice to the leftovers and see what happens to that in a smaller container.
