EC-118 Champagne Yeast

[yardglass]

hey guys,

I pitched 10gm of this into Mrs Glass' Ginger Leggoppener.

The initial start was quite good with bugger all lag, it hasn't quite stalled but it does seem to have slowed dramatically.

I know it could be a number of things, leaky seal, temp etc.

I havn't taken a gravity reading yet, just wondering if anyone has had a similar occurence with Champagne Yeast ?

Brigalow GB Kit
Fresh Ginger 300gm
Dex 600gm
Maltodex 400gm
Lemon Zest/Juice 2
Nutmeg 1tbsp
Brown Sugar 2tbsp
Golden Syrup 2tbsp
Ginger Pwdr 3tbsp
Honey 2tbsp
Cloves 2
Cinnamon 2''
EC-1118 10gm

thanks
yardy

[Oliver]

UC1 is your champagne yeast man.

Over to him ...

Oliver

[yardglass]

Thanks Ol,

from what i can gather it's a very good yeast, just takes it's time.

Read that it can be pitched in the secondary for Barley Wine to get the FG right down.

cheers

[Dogger Dan]

It will go but it needs time

I am making a mead right now with it and it is running steady but not beserk

Oh and by the way, I have found it cheaper in the long run to keep the legs closed


Dogger

[yardglass]

Oh and by the way, I have found it cheaper in the long run to keep the legs closed

Dogger

Cheaper maybe, but what would I do with all the extra time.



the glass

[Tyberious Funk]

I've used this yeast a few times, and also experienced relatively slow fermentation. It got there in the end, though

[yardglass]

Tyberious Funk,

Did you use it in a GB ?

If so, how long are we talking here?( approx. )

I didn't take an OG of the above recipe but it was down to 1008 yesterday.

Not too sure how low it will go...

thanks
yard

[Tyberious Funk]

Tyberious Funk,

Did you use it in a GB ?

If so, how long are we talking here?( approx. )

I didn't take an OG of the above recipe but it was down to 1008 yesterday.

Not too sure how low it will go...

thanks
yard

I've used it for mead, fruit wines and lemonade, but never ginger beer. 1008 doesn't sound too bad. How long has it been in the primary for?

[yardglass]

TF,

It's been 4 days in Primary.

Gave it a shake and got some activity in the airlock.

yard

[Tyberious Funk]

TF,

It's been 4 days in Primary.

Gave it a shake and got some activity in the airlock.

yard

Unless you plan on racking to a secondary, I'd give it at least another week in the primary... to give it plenty of chance to settle.

[yardglass]

Brigalow GB Kit
Fresh Ginger 300gm
Dex 600gm
Maltodex 400gm
Lemon Zest/Juice 2
Nutmeg 1tbsp
Brown Sugar 2tbsp
Golden Syrup 2tbsp
Ginger Pwdr 3tbsp
Honey 2tbsp
Cloves 2
Cinnamon 2''
EC-1118 10gm

Any chance someone could estimate an OG and FG for this please.?
cheers
yardy

[Dogger Dan]

If that kit is 1.7 kg I would say about 1.048 finishing around 1.010 or so. By the way, you could brew beer or drink beer with all that time

Dogger

[yardglass]

sorry dogger my bad, Kit is 900gm.

cheers
yard

[Dogger Dan]

Seems a bit lite

will do the math when I get to my system

Dogger

[yardglass]

This GB is now down to 1004 and still dropping.

hope it stops soon so i can get it in some bottles for Mrs G.

yardy

[yardglass]

This GB is now down to 1004 and still dropping.
yardy

Update and advice ?

According to hyd' this GB is now @ 998.

Surely, this has got to be right to bottle?

( no shirley jokes please ).

There's a lot riding on this !

cheers
glasso

[gregb]

Down and down the FG goes, where it stops nobody knows.

Just because it is low doesn't mean it's finished yet. I'd let it run till it stops.

BTW any more bids on Doggers estimated OG of 1048 on this one?

Cheers,
Greg

[db]

Down and down the FG goes, where it stops nobody knows.

Just because it is low doesn't mean it's finished yet. I'd let it run till it stops.

BTW any more bids on Doggers estimated OG of 1048 on this one?

Cheers,
Greg

for 23litre's i'd bid 1.032-4ish (sounds confident doesn't it? )

0.998 is dry.. really dry

edit: i've had no experience with this yeast btw

[Dogger Dan]

Thats not really fair,


I thought it was 1.7 kg kit not 900 g

Dogger

[yardglass]

smee again,

I'm going to bottle tomorrow and I need some help on the Priming Rate.

This recipe came from a combination of a few that i found, one of them called for 130gm of Caster Sugar and a 750ml bottle of Buderim Ginger to Bulk Prime with.

any idea what this equates to? ie: priming rate?

thanks
yardy