It seemed to be bubbling away quite well but it did take about 3 weeks to stop. I was worried about lifting the lid to test gravity but is it ok to do this and if so how often?
I'm going to set off a couple of other kits whilst we are having slightly warmer temperatures my hose is now at a...
Thank you that makes good sense.
I'm going to look for alternative yeast nutrients if I get this type of kit again.
And yes the fermenting tubs were new, so although I thought I washed and sterilised them all the same perhaps I didn't and I will take more care. Although now the tubs aren't new...
My house rarely gets above 53.6 F
I have been wrapping the fermenting tubs in duvets near a radiator but the radiator is only on for about an hour 3 x a day and I rotate the tubs when it's on.
Oh that doesn't sound good. I'm guessing the whole batch is wasted?
Would that happen from leaving it too long in the fermenter?
My house is cold so it can't be from heat and I'm guessing the nitrogen is in the packets?
Thank you all very much lots to think about. The kits I have bought are all "7 day" wines but my house is cold and I've fermented them for about 4 - 6 weeks in the plastic tubs before syphoning into the plastic carboys.
None of them taste "off"
I have bottled as all of them read ok on...
So I am on my third box wine kit.
The first - a very cheap Sauvignon Blanc can't out wonderful, I like it better than what I can buy in the shops. The second a zinfandel rose is ok. To me it has a bit of a yeasty smell but it tastes ok. The third a pinot blush smells ok but has a chemical...
Do you have to add K-meta? I'm new and have no idea what this is?
I made an elderflower wine 7 years ago with nothing except yeast and elderflower.
I only lost one bottle that leaked out of 20.
I found a few bottles in the cellar last week and it still tastes like elderflower. Albeit not as...
The flavor thing is an add back there's a picture of the packet in previous reply.
Mine was fermenting for a month. I think because the house is cold circa 10°C / 50Fand gets up to 12° C /53F maybe 14°C / 57F on a really good day and when the radiators are on (3 hours a day) the yeast seems to...