Yeast Bomb for Fruit Wash?

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9_northern_shiner
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Yeast Bomb for Fruit Wash?

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I have a question that I haven't been able to find an answer to as of yet.

I've been playing around with a peach brandy/sugar heads and I'm wondering if a yeast bomb would be of any help?
Its super cold where I am right now & my ferments seem to start then stall out due to temperature, I was hoping this would help.

So far I have about 7 pint jars of canned peaches with 5lbs brown sugar to fill my 30L fermenter, Pitched EC-1118

On this last batch I wanted to help the fermentation process so I added a yeast bomb similar to the one in Pugi's rum;
1/4 cups bakers yeast
1/4 tsp epsom salts
2 vit B complex
2 TSp tomato paste (I read somewhere i could substitute for DAP)
Boiled this for 15min

Does anyone have any insite on this?
Am I wasting my time or will this help out the wash?
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I think the yeast bomb will help, but yeast needs steady warmth also.
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Re: Yeast Bomb for Fruit Wash?

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If you know it is too cold for the yeast, fix that first.
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Re: Yeast Bomb for Fruit Wash?

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Temperature is your problem, I think you need to keep the wash warmer. Also put the Vitamin B in after it cools , not before boiling. High temps wreck Vit B from what Ive heard.
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