First Use Of White Wine Yeast In Hard Lemonade. Really High Fg

[_HOME_BREW_WALLACE_]

Hi guys,

a couple of weeks ago (15/8) i put a hard lemonade down:

Final Vol 22ltrs

20 Medium Lemons
380g Grated Ginger
900g Lactose
2 large hot chillis
2kgs Dext

Yeast Nutrient and White wine yeast (10g)

O.G. ended up at 1040 but after 2weeks fermenting at 18-ish deg it seems to have stopped at 1020.

Is this as low as a wine yeast will go? or should i give it a f**kin good shake and leave it for a few days?

 

[wynnum1]

you do not have nutrient listed maybe that is why stoped at 1020

 

[_HOME_BREW_WALLACE_]

you do not have nutrient listed maybe that is why stoped at 1020

Nutrient was added sorry! First post has now been changed.

 

[manticle]

Hi guys,

a couple of weeks ago (15/8) i put a hard lemonade down:

Final Vol 22ltrs

20 Medium Lemons
380g Grated Ginger
900g Lactose
2 large hot chillis
2kgs Dext

Yeast Nutrient and White wine yeast (10g)

O.G. ended up at 1040 but after 2weeks fermenting at 18-ish deg it seems to have stopped at 1020.

Is this as low as a wine yeast will go? or should i give it a f**kin good shake and leave it for a few days?

No way. Wine yeast should attenuate well - my ciders with ww yeast get to 1000 and lower. They include 500g lactose regularly too so the 900 you have shouldn't stop it at 1020. I would guess that 10g might have been an underpitch. What was the OG?

 

[_HOME_BREW_WALLACE_]

No way. Wine yeast should attenuate well - my ciders with ww yeast get to 1000 and lower. They include 500g lactose regularly too so the 900 you have shouldn't stop it at 1020. I would guess that 10g might have been an underpitch. What was the OG?

OG: 1040

 

[manticle]

If you're hydrometer is correct then I'd say she has a while to go.

Try the usual stalled ferment tricks - swirl, warm, rack etc. If she doesn't budge, make an active starter with some more wine yeast and pitch it in.

In the meantime, do a fast ferment test with a hydrometer sample's worth.

 

[pk.sax]

Kindly explain 'fast ferment' o beer god. I'd be interested to know too. My coopers fermenter seems to never bubble! No matter how tight I screw the lid on or if I replace airlock. Its new too, so it drives me nuts. Carboys are soooo soooo good.

Re OP: when my first ferment seemed to stall, I gave it an old sweater to wear and set a room heater a little distance from it. Bugger heated up to 22 C and the smell of beer was all in the air soon enough

 

[manticle]

Described here part way down: http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum//ind...showarticle=130

It's not foolproof but should work.

 

[pk.sax]

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I'm going to adopt this as my standard fermentation completion check in addition to my dodgy hydro.