Tag Archives: yeast

REROLLED.BOIL

Posted on August 18, 2010 by waywardwine

Daybreak and I find fermentation following forward. With nighttime temperatures under fifty (in August?), the humidifier has kept the tank a happy seventy two. However, I need to ensure the yeasts ferment completely. Once the bubbling (and my coffee) are … Continue reading →

Posted in BLUEBERRY BOUND: CRAFTING MY SECOND WINE (AUGUST 2010) | Tagged alcohol, blueberry, blueberry wine, cane sugar, CO2, extraction, fermentation, home wine, proof, racking, secondary fermentation, specific gravity, wine, winemaking, yeast | 2 Comments

SEVEN.SLEEPERS

Posted on August 16, 2010 by waywardwine

Seven in the morning. I stumble out of bed. Tubs and tubes litter the living room and dining table. I glance at the airlock. No popping or gurgling. No heady scents of bread and fruit. Dead yeasts have sat at … Continue reading →

Posted in BLUEBERRY BOUND: CRAFTING MY SECOND WINE (AUGUST 2010) | Tagged airlock, auspices, blueberry, blueberry wine, fermentation, lazerus, satyricon, trimalchio, wine, winemaking, yeast | Leave a comment

RUSHING.REVENGE

Posted on August 16, 2010 by waywardwine

Our old apartment returns to wine friendly temperatures (middle seventies Fahrenheit). So I pack the kids into the back seat, and we carefully crawl over speed bumps home. I only yell at them once for splashing each other. Once they … Continue reading →

Posted in BLUEBERRY BOUND: CRAFTING MY SECOND WINE (AUGUST 2010) | Tagged billy mays, blueberry, blueberry wine, davis, fermentation, home wine, hydrometer, montrachet, road trip, saccharomyces cerevisiae, uc davis, yeast | 2 Comments

FERMENTATION PERSUASION

Posted on January 26, 2010 by waywardwine

Yeast added. Lid shut. Airlock, well, locked. I wait. Austen’s Anne Elliot knows how I feel: suffering quietly alone, waiting upon your sugars to become alcohol takes the patience of a truly goodwilled and kind nature. Yeasts, like most gentlemen, … Continue reading →

Posted in MYTHMAKING: CRAFTING MY FIRST WINE (February - March 2010) | Tagged airlock, alcohol, barbaresco, brix, CO2, fermentation, grapes, home wine, hydrometer, nebbiolo, wine, winemaking, yeast | 1 Comment

FOMENTING FERMENTATION

Posted on January 25, 2010 by waywardwine

After a week of work and wait, I prepared for the first fermentation. Step 1: clean like crazy. After a heavy wash of all the equipment, I mixed water and sulphite powder. After fearfully reading and rereading the packet, I … Continue reading →