Oh mad one
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Hi guys. I'm aiming for a slightly higher ABV fermented turbo grape-apple cider wine. I put in 12 litres of juice and have added half a kilo of brewers sugar. Plus one sachet of Wilko Gervin wine yeast, with a little helping hand from Wilko express yeast compound (which is a combo of yeast plus nutrient). I did this only 3 days ago.
We've been having some very warm weather, and this may have helped to get it kicked off, with a lot of activity. The airlock was bubbling constantly - it even spat out some liquid. It never got slower than one bubble every 2 seconds. Then, as of last night, it slowed down, massively. It's too soon to stop, so I tried to fix this by swirling the tub vigorously in both directions. However, this doesn't appear to have reinvigorated the yeast. Right now, I could sit for minutes next to it waiting for a bubble.
Do you think it's possible the yeast just went crazy eating the simple glucose, and now it has to adapt to the harder work of eating apple and grape fructose? Will it perk up again over the next few days?
We've been having some very warm weather, and this may have helped to get it kicked off, with a lot of activity. The airlock was bubbling constantly - it even spat out some liquid. It never got slower than one bubble every 2 seconds. Then, as of last night, it slowed down, massively. It's too soon to stop, so I tried to fix this by swirling the tub vigorously in both directions. However, this doesn't appear to have reinvigorated the yeast. Right now, I could sit for minutes next to it waiting for a bubble.
Do you think it's possible the yeast just went crazy eating the simple glucose, and now it has to adapt to the harder work of eating apple and grape fructose? Will it perk up again over the next few days?