I have 5-5gals of w
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I have 5-5gals of w
I have 5-5 gal of CC/Cornmeal "Wash" spaced out a day apart and it sets: #1 on ninth day....still bubbling one every 30 seconds but #4 has stopped completely. What do I do?
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check #4 see if it is sweet or use a hydrometer and check if done run it
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WindDawg wrote:I have 5-5 gal of CC/Cornmeal "Wash" spaced out a day apart and it sets: #1 on ninth day....still bubbling one every 30 seconds but #4 has stopped completely. What do I do?
I did all 5 buckets the same with same ingredient, exactly. Why would # 4 only at 7 days beat the front 3,2,&1?Dnderhead wrote:check #4 see if it is sweet or use a hydrometer and check if done run it
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dont know many different reasons,,so ask the yeast they mite have liked that one better 
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[qDnderhead wrote:don't know many different reasons,,so ask the yeast they mite have liked that one better
well should I throw in a booster yeast?
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then you have diagnose why it stalled
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Pardon me it I am wrong, I am pretty new here to be handing out advise, but I look at your story like this:
The yeasties are like little workers. You started putting the roof on 5 houses with your workers, each a day apart. The same number of workers were working on each roof, the houses were all identical. The workers finished house number 4 before the workers on houses number 1,2 and 3. What should I do?
RUN IT!
Just my 2 cents.....
Tim
The yeasties are like little workers. You started putting the roof on 5 houses with your workers, each a day apart. The same number of workers were working on each roof, the houses were all identical. The workers finished house number 4 before the workers on houses number 1,2 and 3. What should I do?
RUN IT!
Just my 2 cents.....
Tim
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Re: I have 5-5gals of w
No 2 ferments are ever the same even though you think you did everything the same. If it is not sweet or if you have a hydro and the sugar is around 1.00 RUN IT!!!
If it is sweet or the SG is still high then you need to figure out why it stalled, maybe temp, maybe PH... don't know.
If it is sweet or the SG is still high then you need to figure out why it stalled, maybe temp, maybe PH... don't know.
If you are not living on the "Edge", then you are taking up too much space!!!
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"RUN IT!"
yes but you should check.it out. it makes a good lessen .
was it warm enough? to much sugar?,to little sugar ? bad yeast? lack of nutrients?
then next time "the stall" mite be avoided.(if it was)
and if there is sugar in the wash cushion is needed when/if you distill.
of course the opposite could be true ,you unknowingly could have made a improvement.
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yes but you should check.it out. it makes a good lessen .
was it warm enough? to much sugar?,to little sugar ? bad yeast? lack of nutrients?
then next time "the stall" mite be avoided.(if it was)
and if there is sugar in the wash cushion is needed when/if you distill.
of course the opposite could be true ,you unknowingly could have made a improvement.
"
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I did the exact same thing on all five buckets with same amount of sugar and the same yeast, etc....Dnderhead wrote:"RUN IT!"
yes but you should check.it out. it makes a good lessen .
was it warm enough? to much sugar?,to little sugar ? bad yeast? lack of nutrients?
then next time "the stall" mite be avoided.(if it was)
and if there is sugar in the wash cushion is needed when/if you distill.
of course the opposite could be true ,you unknowingly could have made a improvement.
"
“Need teaches a plan.”
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could be a partially bad batch of yeast. in the long run it is done when it is doneWindDawg wrote:I did the exact same thing on all five buckets with same amount of sugar and the same yeast, etc....Dnderhead wrote:"RUN IT!"
yes but you should check.it out. it makes a good lessen .
was it warm enough? to much sugar?,to little sugar ? bad yeast? lack of nutrients?
then next time "the stall" mite be avoided.(if it was)
and if there is sugar in the wash cushion is needed when/if you distill.
of course the opposite could be true ,you unknowingly could have made a improvement.
"
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What do you mean by a "Cushion"?ipee7ABV wrote:could be a partially bad batch of yeast. in the long run it is done when it is doneWindDawg wrote:I did the exact same thing on all five buckets with same amount of sugar and the same yeast, etc....Dnderhead wrote:"RUN IT!"
yes but you should check.it out. it makes a good lessen .
was it warm enough? to much sugar?,to little sugar ? bad yeast? lack of nutrients?
then next time "the stall" mite be avoided.(if it was)
and if there is sugar in the wash cushion is needed when/if you distill.
of course the opposite could be true ,you unknowingly could have made a improvement.
"
“Need teaches a plan.”
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By "cushion" he means add extra head space in the boiler to account for possible foaming due to unfermented sugars...WindDawg wrote:What do you mean by a "Cushion"?