Sugar wash Ferment time question

[Enlikil]

Ok my first 2 batches of sugar wash were.
5 grams red-star champagne yeast.
12.5 lbs sugar
5 gallons of water.
2 tablesspoons of tomato paste.
1 squeezed lemon.
I put each one in a bucket and a ferment lock on it.

One of the buckets was air tight the other i relaized was barely fit on there.
The one with the tight lid is producing air It bubbles now and then.
THe other one i just can't tell i'm sure its finding other ways out .
ANyhow does anyone have any idea when these should be done fermenting?

Thanks

[Longhairedcountryboy]

There are too many variables to say for sure how long it will take.

[Enlikil]

hehe ball park would be nice hehe.
its going on its 9th day right now.

[Longhairedcountryboy]

ball park, If everything is in good shape, I would expect it to take around 2 weeks, but I have had washs with 10-12% potential take over a month, using EC 1118 which I think is the same yeast you used just a different brand.

[Enlikil]

Wow... Why was i thinking 7 days.
hehe guess i will have to put my next
THanks for the info

[lil'shiner]

my first batch was:
2l water
1kg sugar
1.5l fruit juice
roughly 65g yeast

small i know, but the biggest container i could find at the time was 5l so i done 1/5 of a recipe from the site.
i got an 18.5l container now so the next lot will be bigger

any idea as to how long this should take, bubbles have slowed right done now to around 1 to every 1-2 minutes

and also how do i find out the sugar thingy (cant remeber what you call it sorry )

thanks.

[lil'shiner]

my first batch was:
2l water
1kg sugar
1.5l fruit juice
roughly 65g yeast

small i know, but the biggest container i could find at the time was 5l so i done 1/5 of a recipe from the site.
i got an 18.5l container now so the next lot will be bigger

any idea as to how long this should take, bubbles have slowed right done now to around 1 to every 1-2 minutes

and also how do i find out the sugar thingy (cant remeber what you call it sorry )

thanks.

sorry i forgot to say its been fermenting for about 2 1/2 weeks now

[zeff]

The rate of reaction is dependant on the wash temperature, it will nearly take twice as long at 18 C for example than it will at 28 C or so. There are calulators on this website for determining wash time.