Hi group,
At the beginning of March, I talked a friend of mine into making a 6.5 gallon carboy of JAOM. We up-scaled everything as posted in the original recipe (took each ingredient and multiplied by 6.5).
When we made it, before pitching the yeast, we attached a lees stirrer onto his drill and really aerated the heck out of it. After pitching the yeast, he had crazy fermentation for a few days. Finally it subsided and we topped it up with some more water.
It's now been about 5 weeks since starting it and I spoke to him tonight and he said he already had a few oranges and raisins sitting on the bottom of his carboy. He said it was very clear and easily can read newspaper print through the carboy.
Can JAOM finish before the stated 2 month time frame? We are going to go ahead and wait until after the 2 months before taking off the airlock and sampling/bottling it, but I was just surprised about this.
My 1-gallon JAOM I started is right now at the 2 month mark and I just now have a few oranges starting to fall.
I do not know the temperature in his house, but I'm guessing in the mid 70s this whole time.
Thanks,
David
At the beginning of March, I talked a friend of mine into making a 6.5 gallon carboy of JAOM. We up-scaled everything as posted in the original recipe (took each ingredient and multiplied by 6.5).
When we made it, before pitching the yeast, we attached a lees stirrer onto his drill and really aerated the heck out of it. After pitching the yeast, he had crazy fermentation for a few days. Finally it subsided and we topped it up with some more water.
It's now been about 5 weeks since starting it and I spoke to him tonight and he said he already had a few oranges and raisins sitting on the bottom of his carboy. He said it was very clear and easily can read newspaper print through the carboy.
Can JAOM finish before the stated 2 month time frame? We are going to go ahead and wait until after the 2 months before taking off the airlock and sampling/bottling it, but I was just surprised about this.
My 1-gallon JAOM I started is right now at the 2 month mark and I just now have a few oranges starting to fall.
I do not know the temperature in his house, but I'm guessing in the mid 70s this whole time.
Thanks,
David