What R you doing today?

[Pumpkinman]

Going to our wine clubs meeting today, lots of good food, good drink and good wine talk!

 

[Boatboy24]

A goaltending and defensive clinic by Canada. Three goals in five games. Most impressive. Congratulations!

 

[ckvchestnut]

They were told to play like girls Boatboy! Lol


Carolyn

 

[LoneStarLori]

Going fishin! I get to finally try out my Christmas present. A Power Pole shallow water anchor. It's a wireless hydraulic pole that extends down 8ft to hold the boat in place instead of using a 30lb anchor. I don't really care if I catch a fish today, I just want to play with this.

Resting position:

Partially extended. Kind of reminds me of something out of War of the Worlds.

 

[ckvchestnut]

That's cool Lori! I'm jealous!! You get to go spring fishing and not ice fishing like me! Have fun!


Carolyn

 

[LoneStarLori]

Carolyn, I'm sure you would have better luck. I'd love to try ice fishing sometime.
The bay fish didn't get the memo yet that it's time to eat and breed. I take comfort in noting the guides also came back with empty ice chests.
The Power Pole was amazing! I highly recommend it.


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[ckvchestnut]

Ya that looks amazing! I was shocked that as soon as we put all out lines out last Thursday we were getting constant bites and lost a lot of minnows! I said the fish were way too smart in that lake!


Carolyn

 

[plowboy]

Well the skittles brew seems to be well and truly stuck. It's driving me nuts and has me thinking turbo yeast just to get it past 1.000

 

[ckvchestnut]

Well the skittles brew seems to be well and truly stuck. It's driving me nuts and has me thinking turbo yeast just to get it past 1.000

Is it at 1.000 or not there yet?


Carolyn

 

[vernsgal]

I'm flying out to Calgary to spend a week with my new granddaughter (daughter and son in law too,lol)

 

[plowboy]

It's been stuck at 1.01 for a week or so now.

 

[ckvchestnut]

Sorry but what was the OG? Is there anyway to just leave it longer to see if it's just really slow? You already tried extra yeast right? What is the current abv?


Carolyn

 

[plowboy]

Starting sg was 1.1 iirc. Current sg is 1.01 and it took 50 days to get there. Airlock has been on for quite some time but is still gets stirred every day. Already tried a new pack of ec-1118 about a week ago. Abv is 12.2%. I still have time before I need the bucked but was hoping to have it in a carboy way soon than this. I've also got it sitting in 75*f water that has helped keep it slowly moving up until now

 

[ckvchestnut]

I don't know how well everyone else's skittles wine went but you might be fine to just leave as is and bottle it when clear. Skittles are a candy and have so many chemicals and toxins in them it's amazing that the yeast can still do their job under those circumstances. I wouldn't be too worried about it starting up in the bottle if you left it to clear and racked a bunch of times to get all the yeasties out. At 1.001 you might not have to backsweeten either? Depends on how you like it.


Carolyn

 

[ckvchestnut]

Oops sorry you say current SG is 1.010? That still gives you 13% abv


Carolyn

 

[plowboy]

I was planning on back sweeting. I went a little heavy with the welch's and you can't really taste the skittles over the grape. Once it goes dry and Bs it should be in the 12% Abv range

 

[ckvchestnut]

Ok well you could treat it like it's finished and clear, sorbate and backsweeten and then leave it in the carboy for longer to see what happens after backsweetening. Or use turbo yeast like you said. Did you use that fermaid stuff? Did you know that k1V-1116 is supposed to be really good also at restarting a stuck ferment? I used it for my blueberry peach port and honestly I gave up feeding it sugar before it gave up consuming it. It's good stuff. It seems to be really tough and doesn't get stressed to easily.


Carolyn

 

[plowboy]

Nope, haven't stumbled apon any fermaid yet. Seems to be hard to come across in Canada

 

[ckvchestnut]

Yup! Forgot you're from up here! I've never used it either.


Carolyn

 

[vernsgal]

I was planning on back sweeting. I went a little heavy with the welch's and you can't really taste the skittles over the grape. Once it goes dry and Bs it should be in the 12% Abv range

I found when I made mine it doesn't really have a lot of candy flavor. Backsweeten with more skittles and do it before clearing or you'll just cloud up again.( it took a while for mine to get down to .996

Nope, haven't stumbled apon any fermaid yet. Seems to be hard to come across in Canada

http://ecom.bosagrape.com/search.php?mode=search&page=1

http://homebrewsupplies.ca/category/yeast-nutrient-1/