Hello everyone,
I need some advice. Intending to make Ken Schramms' "Falls Bounty Cyser", I accidently bought 4 gallons of potassium sorbated cider. The labels read "contains 1/10 of 1% potassium sorbate".
After doing some research on sorbate and finding out it doesn't stop an active ferment(and not having a use for 4 gallons of cider otherwise), I decided to go ahead and use the cider.
On 12/12 I made a starter of 10g of D-47 which seemed to go well. 12/13 I mixed the rest of the ingredients and pitched the yeast. As of tonight 12/15, there is very little activity in the fermenter just a few very small bubbles rising slowly to the top.
I really don't see the yeast picking up speed due to the sorbate preventing cell reproduction.
Should I wait a few days and repitch new yeast? or learn my lesson and read labels closer and start over?
thoughts or opinions?
Thanks,
Scott
I need some advice. Intending to make Ken Schramms' "Falls Bounty Cyser", I accidently bought 4 gallons of potassium sorbated cider. The labels read "contains 1/10 of 1% potassium sorbate".
After doing some research on sorbate and finding out it doesn't stop an active ferment(and not having a use for 4 gallons of cider otherwise), I decided to go ahead and use the cider.
On 12/12 I made a starter of 10g of D-47 which seemed to go well. 12/13 I mixed the rest of the ingredients and pitched the yeast. As of tonight 12/15, there is very little activity in the fermenter just a few very small bubbles rising slowly to the top.
I really don't see the yeast picking up speed due to the sorbate preventing cell reproduction.
Should I wait a few days and repitch new yeast? or learn my lesson and read labels closer and start over?
thoughts or opinions?
Thanks,
Scott