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Not sure what's going on our what I should do? First five gallon batch Started almost two days ago. 5gallons water, 7 pounds sugar, 7 pounds cracked corn, 1 tablespoon Crosby & Baker distillers yeast, 2 tablespoons Crosby & baker yeast nutrient. Mash temp is steady around 82F. First day and a half air lock bubbled like crazy now 40 hours after starting not bubbling very much. Think it's to early to be done. Not sure what to do should I add more new yeast? Should i open and give her a stir? Leave it alone? Any help is appreciated.
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" Originally Posted by: Cali shiner  Not sure what's going on our what I should do? First five gallon batch Started almost two days ago. 5gallons water, 7 pounds sugar, 7 pounds cracked corn, 1 tablespoon Crosby & Baker distillers yeast, 2 tablespoons Crosby & baker yeast nutrient. Mash temp is steady around 82F. First day and a half air lock bubbled like crazy now 40 hours after starting not bubbling very much. Think it's to early to be done. Not sure what to do should I add more new yeast? Should i open and give her a stir? Leave it alone? Any help is appreciated. Taste of it. If its sweet its not done, if its dry and bitter it is." |
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" Originally Posted by: Bayou-Ruler Taste of it. If its sweet its not done, if its dry and bitter it is. Ok so it's not done. Now it's bubbling about 5 times a minute, is that about right for it to slow down to that after a couple days? I've been distilling for about a year now but only in very small batches this is my first 5 gallon so I'm not sure exactly how everything should go."
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Well I got laughed off of here because the Brewmeister had told me the above mentioned yeast could bring a wash up to the point of being ready for the boiler in two days. Maybe its ready to run. Now the sweet part has me throwed. It supposed to get to 17-20 percent. I think that would be a dry wine.
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Ya no guys alot of us let our washes sit for a couple of weeks before even thinking of doing anything with them. You might say we are just lazy but it gives the yeast a chance to make hooch and then settle out of suspension. I too have seen the 24 hour turbos and assume they will do what they claim but if you give it more time you'll be much happier with the end result.
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