my video

cecilias9 · Jul 8, 2010

Somebody please watch my video and tell me if this is normal (I just added the yeast yesterday morning). The link doesn't work... I don't know why... but if you copy it into the address bar it works fine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOolLXjboNI

Brewgrrrl · Jul 8, 2010

The link takes you to Youtube but it just says the video is not available (and if it was recently posted to wait a bit).

Wade E · Jul 8, 2010

Wow, thats a pretty violent fermentation! Good thing its not foaming up or you might be in trouble! Can you post the recipe, Ive never seen one that crazy! What is the temp?

Runningwolf · Jul 8, 2010

WOW, thats an impressive fermentation. It looks like something you might find in Yellowstone!

Only way to view fermentation is to cut and paste for some reason.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOolLXjboNI

cecilias9 · Jul 8, 2010

It's Waldo's recipe! The only difference is that I am using a mix of bronze and blue muscadines; hence the strange color. And I only added 8 lbs of sugar, not 10. The temp is 78 degrees now; it was 76 degrees when I added the yeast Tuesday morning. ByWednesday evening it was snap, crackle and popping, and then this morning... rolling like a river. When I added the yeast the SG was 1.094 or maybe 1.092. I just took it and it is 1.062. I believe at 1.04 I put it in the carboy.

Wade E · Jul 9, 2010

I would not put that in a carboy at that high an sg or you will most likely have a colored ceiling.I wouldnt rack until around 1.020 or a little less. You have the most active fermentation I have ever seen, keep the temp down a little as being that vigorous it will bring the temp up. Maybe wrap a cool wet shirt around the carboy and put one end of the shirt in some cool water also lick a wick on a candle. That should drop the temp down a few degrees un til fermentation settles down a little.

cecilias9 · Jul 9, 2010

Wade, I took the temp and it was 80 degrees. I wrapped a wet towel around the bucket and stuffed in some ice packs. It is now down to 78 degrees, so I am leaving the ice packs around it hoping it will drop some more. Thanks for the advice.