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Yeast Diary - April 24, 2020
Apr. 24th, 2020 10:08 amWait, did I mis-number one of these diaries? I don't think I missed a day, but somehow I jumped from the 22nd to the 24th. Weird.
Well, in any case, I thought I maybe messed things up yesterday afternoon. Despite the fact that I got a few more floaters, things didn't seem to be really taking off. The jar still smelled like wet raisins, the water was clear, and in fact a couple of raisins dropped to the bottom. I thought maybe fermentation was failing and I gave it a stir just to encourage things a bit. No dice, all but three or four raisins were at the bottom by the time I went to bed.
This morning was a whole other story. When I went to my desk the water was definitely cloudy and yellowish, the sign of a healthy yeast colony converting sugar to alcohol. What's more, when I fed it (a little more sugar this time, so about 1 tablespoon raisins and 2 of sugar, although I'm only eyeballing the amounts here) even more raisins went straight to the sop.
The smell, too, has changed. Not a lot, and given I'm not seeing much in the line of bubbles that's hardly a surprise, but there's definitely something different about it. I expect by tomorrow it'll have that distinctive wine scent.
Two more days of this and it should be pretty much ready to use.
Here's today's photo. Is it not glorious?
Well, in any case, I thought I maybe messed things up yesterday afternoon. Despite the fact that I got a few more floaters, things didn't seem to be really taking off. The jar still smelled like wet raisins, the water was clear, and in fact a couple of raisins dropped to the bottom. I thought maybe fermentation was failing and I gave it a stir just to encourage things a bit. No dice, all but three or four raisins were at the bottom by the time I went to bed.
This morning was a whole other story. When I went to my desk the water was definitely cloudy and yellowish, the sign of a healthy yeast colony converting sugar to alcohol. What's more, when I fed it (a little more sugar this time, so about 1 tablespoon raisins and 2 of sugar, although I'm only eyeballing the amounts here) even more raisins went straight to the sop.
The smell, too, has changed. Not a lot, and given I'm not seeing much in the line of bubbles that's hardly a surprise, but there's definitely something different about it. I expect by tomorrow it'll have that distinctive wine scent.
Two more days of this and it should be pretty much ready to use.
Here's today's photo. Is it not glorious?
