I actually have two questions regarding staggered feeding.
Question Number 1. Is whether or not I am grasping the concept
Question Number 2. Would I need to stagger for the recipe below.
Recipe for a 1 gallon batch : 5 grams dry champagne yeast, 3.5 lbs of wildflower honey, 6 lbs of fresh strawberries, 1 tsp dried crushed mint, 1 tbs lemon zest. I want it to finish sweet and with a high abv.
dry champagne yeast has a abv tolerance of 17%. The estimated OG is 1.143 which gives me enough sugar to reach 18.14% if i have 100% conversion.
My understanding is that when you have a high og a stuck fermentation is possible, so one way to get around it is to do multiple feedings. You feed the yeast a smaller amount of sugar at a time and allow the final gravity between feedings to reach a desired fg. For instance in my case 1.0.
So a staggered feeding for the recipe could be as followed: At first feeding 2lbs of honey and 2 lbs of strawberries. This gives an apprx OG of 1.078. I then let the yeast feed til I get to 1.0. Second feeding would be 1.5 lbs of honey and 4 lbs of strawberries and let ferment down to around 1.0. Thus still giving me a difference total around .143.
Is this how step feeding works or have i missed something. Also should i step feed the above recipe.
Question Number 1. Is whether or not I am grasping the concept
Question Number 2. Would I need to stagger for the recipe below.
Recipe for a 1 gallon batch : 5 grams dry champagne yeast, 3.5 lbs of wildflower honey, 6 lbs of fresh strawberries, 1 tsp dried crushed mint, 1 tbs lemon zest. I want it to finish sweet and with a high abv.
dry champagne yeast has a abv tolerance of 17%. The estimated OG is 1.143 which gives me enough sugar to reach 18.14% if i have 100% conversion.
My understanding is that when you have a high og a stuck fermentation is possible, so one way to get around it is to do multiple feedings. You feed the yeast a smaller amount of sugar at a time and allow the final gravity between feedings to reach a desired fg. For instance in my case 1.0.
So a staggered feeding for the recipe could be as followed: At first feeding 2lbs of honey and 2 lbs of strawberries. This gives an apprx OG of 1.078. I then let the yeast feed til I get to 1.0. Second feeding would be 1.5 lbs of honey and 4 lbs of strawberries and let ferment down to around 1.0. Thus still giving me a difference total around .143.
Is this how step feeding works or have i missed something. Also should i step feed the above recipe.
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