This is an offshoot of this thread.
Basically, I did an honey/agave mix and after getting seriously stuck, all my efforts to unstick yielded a nicely fermented 6-gallon batch and three one-gallon science experiments.
The 6-gallon is fine. It's the other three that now probably need some attention.
Of the experiments, two are still slowly pushing bubbles through the airlock. This is four months later. These are basically identical musts with different yeasts (call these A and B).
The third, has barely moved, but it has moved (current S.G. is at about 1.066... call this one C).
Here's the thing, I put these under a table in my office (stays warm in there) and figured I'd let them go as long as possible. So I haven't even racked once. Took forever to get things going and I didn't want to kill the fermentation no matter how slowly it was progressing.
So, should I go ahead and rack A and B. One is getting close to 1.002, the other is at around 1.010? Again, these were pretty much experiments, as I wouldn't sure they would ferment (but both are still sending bubbles through the airlock), so I'm not too worried about them. But seeing how they've gotten so far, I'm guessing I should try to salvage them off the lees, no?
As for C... Getting the rest of the way through that sugar would take the balance of the year from start (first week of September) or longer at this rate.
I dumped a tiny bit (~1/8 tsp) of yeast energizer in and it ate it up. Almost got an tiny instant MEA, but that quickly dissipated and is back to looking near dormant. My question here is should I just go back to leaving it alone and check in in another couple months? Should I feed it more energizer? Aerate it? Use it as coffee sweetener?
All three look pretty good, although C is cloudy (which make sense). No weird smells or tastes or anything.
Thanks in advance.
Basically, I did an honey/agave mix and after getting seriously stuck, all my efforts to unstick yielded a nicely fermented 6-gallon batch and three one-gallon science experiments.
The 6-gallon is fine. It's the other three that now probably need some attention.
Of the experiments, two are still slowly pushing bubbles through the airlock. This is four months later. These are basically identical musts with different yeasts (call these A and B).
The third, has barely moved, but it has moved (current S.G. is at about 1.066... call this one C).
Here's the thing, I put these under a table in my office (stays warm in there) and figured I'd let them go as long as possible. So I haven't even racked once. Took forever to get things going and I didn't want to kill the fermentation no matter how slowly it was progressing.
So, should I go ahead and rack A and B. One is getting close to 1.002, the other is at around 1.010? Again, these were pretty much experiments, as I wouldn't sure they would ferment (but both are still sending bubbles through the airlock), so I'm not too worried about them. But seeing how they've gotten so far, I'm guessing I should try to salvage them off the lees, no?
As for C... Getting the rest of the way through that sugar would take the balance of the year from start (first week of September) or longer at this rate.
I dumped a tiny bit (~1/8 tsp) of yeast energizer in and it ate it up. Almost got an tiny instant MEA, but that quickly dissipated and is back to looking near dormant. My question here is should I just go back to leaving it alone and check in in another couple months? Should I feed it more energizer? Aerate it? Use it as coffee sweetener?
All three look pretty good, although C is cloudy (which make sense). No weird smells or tastes or anything.
Thanks in advance.
