Wine kit - too hot?

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Exiled Bradfordian

Wine kit - too hot?

Post by Exiled Bradfordian » Tue May 24, 2016 8:34 pm

Chaps

I put a Wilko wine kit on at the weekend but when I added the sugar I boiled it to add to the demi (couldn't see how to get it in without it sticking to the funnel unless i dissolved it). I didn't allow the solution to cool before adding the yeast.

Now it's been bubbling away fine and I topped up to the neck today, but I've since read a few guides that say that the solution should not feel warm before adding yeast. Mine was still warm.

Have I ruined it?


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Chug

Re: Wine kit - too hot?

Post by Chug » Tue May 24, 2016 11:33 pm

If its bubbling then the yeast seem to have coped with the initial warmness, and unless it was really warm for the whole fermentation I don't think it will have been ruined, a taster when finished fermenting will give you a good idea.

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Re: Wine kit - too hot?

Post by Exiled Bradfordian » Wed May 25, 2016 5:51 am

Superb, thanks. I topped up on Day Three as per instructions and it seemed to take on a whole new lease of life, chucking wine up through the airlock, etc. It's currently sitting inside an empty FV to protect my furniture!


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