getting cross with CJJ Berry now

[Scouse1]

I use that book also especialy the elderberry recipe and your right the pictures are great. Scous1

[Two_Sheds]

nowhere in the recipe does he say when to add the nutrient. I now think he meant to add it with the yeast at the beginning ... so is it too late to add it now? (I'm just starting secondary fermentation)

So.
I don't think it fermented.
I've just taken another SG, and it's the same as it was the last two times: around 1032 (it started at 1010)

I'm going to try to restart fermentation on Monday when I can get some champagne yeast

[Hilary B]

So.
I don't think it fermented.
I've just taken another SG, and it's the same as it was the last two times: around 1032 (it started at 1010)

I'm going to try to restart fermentation on Monday when I can get some champagne yeast

I wouldn't necessarily bother buying champagne yeast. The method is good, but you probably could get away with general purpose yeast if you go a bit slower (ie, 8-12 hours between additions, rather than 6).

[leicestershirelass]

I should think it'd be fine to add the nutrient now. I think it's just to keep the yeast going when the alcohol content gets high enough to start inhibiting it.

The Berry book drives me crackers too - the OH is really the brewing expert in our house, so I need instructions that start at the beginning and carry on to the end, not tell you half of it somewhere else (or assume that you know it already).
The one I use most often is much clearer, and it has nice pictures too...

A Step by Step Guide to Making Homemade Wine: Amazon.co.uk: Judith Irwin: Books

ETA: And the wines have all turned out really well so far (a most important point )

hi ... glad it's not just me who finds Berry book confusing. I prefer to have whole recipe and step by step guide to what I'm making - a few pictures help too! Otherwise it seems a bit hit and miss to have to keep referring to other pages / recipes to complete tasks.

thanks for link - will take a look at book you recommend ... as a beginner to wine making I need all the help I can get

[Hilary B]

hi ... glad it's not just me who finds Berry book confusing. I prefer to have whole recipe and step by step guide to what I'm making - a few pictures help too! Otherwise it seems a bit hit and miss to have to keep referring to other pages / recipes to complete tasks.

thanks for link - will take a look at book you recommend ... as a beginner to wine making I need all the help I can get

Takes all sorts. I hate recipes which 'treat me like an idiot'. If a certain part of the process is always the same, I don't need telling every time! (but then I've been making wine on and off for 30 years, and I have my own approach, wich isn't quite 'by the book, ANY book)