I'd ordered a HUGE quantity of cider from the co-op, enough to have my 5 gallons for the ABC group brew and a semi sweet K1V Cyser.
Well I left town for the weekend and my roommate called me: They'd exploded. All of 'em. I took a look last night, they're mostly intact though they've leaked, some as much as 2/3 down.
Definitely a wild fermentation I figure, now my question is: They still have some sugar in them, they cant be more than 2-3 ABV right now, if I sulfite them over night and make a monstrous starter do you think I could still use them? After a little thought the wild fermentation aspect may even add something nice to the finished product. Certainly one of a kind.
Heres my starter plan:
Rehydrate yeast in go-ferm as per.
Let stand for 15. Pitch into 1/2 gallon water with 1/2 lb honey dissolved.
After 24 hrs I'll add a little more honey water + some of that slightly alcoholic cider bringing the starter up to 1 gallon.
Pitch they day after that. The starter will likely be more alcoholic than the must at that point (I don't have the means to sit and calculate this at this moment but...)
Do you think this is viable or am I wasting my efforts on this one?
I'm not used to making a starter like this, does it look like enough?
Thanks y'all
~Z
Well I left town for the weekend and my roommate called me: They'd exploded. All of 'em. I took a look last night, they're mostly intact though they've leaked, some as much as 2/3 down.
Definitely a wild fermentation I figure, now my question is: They still have some sugar in them, they cant be more than 2-3 ABV right now, if I sulfite them over night and make a monstrous starter do you think I could still use them? After a little thought the wild fermentation aspect may even add something nice to the finished product. Certainly one of a kind.
Heres my starter plan:
Rehydrate yeast in go-ferm as per.
Let stand for 15. Pitch into 1/2 gallon water with 1/2 lb honey dissolved.
After 24 hrs I'll add a little more honey water + some of that slightly alcoholic cider bringing the starter up to 1 gallon.
Pitch they day after that. The starter will likely be more alcoholic than the must at that point (I don't have the means to sit and calculate this at this moment but...)
Do you think this is viable or am I wasting my efforts on this one?
I'm not used to making a starter like this, does it look like enough?
Thanks y'all
~Z