Lalvin K1-V1116

26 discussions on DrinksForum about the Lalvin K1-V1116: what owners asked, what went wrong, and what fixed it.

What owners report

fermenting stuck

Hi. Here I go with my first post to this group. I've enjoyedfollowing it for some time from the side lines.Here's my question...I am making about 3 gallons of an apple wine that I started with somelovely fresh apples. All was going...

A first attempt...

6 Cans of Welch's 100% juice from concentrate (3 - white grape andraspberries, 2 white grape and peaches, 1 white grape) ----$9.74Wine making equipment (2 - 1 gallon jugs, Hydrometer, 2 air locks, 2#6 bungs, acid blend, pectic enyme, yeast...

Yeast question

Is there a dry yeast that will have good results for a mead?Also what yeast nutrients should I get. I am going to be placing an order with Austin Homebrew Supply in a day or two.I have honey and water......

Odor of finished Watermelon Wine

I just finished bottling a gallon batch of watermelon wine and it hasa strong watermelon smell. It always has smelled like that, even afterthe rackings. I may be crazy, but I was assuming that odor would goaway after fermentation. Is this...

yeast

Will different yeast give me a different taste in the same wine i make?I see thier is different ALC content,but will this make for a tastethat is not the same?

What Does Filtering Do???

I was chatting with a guy at a local wine/beer making supply shop the otherday, and I mentioned to him that a mead I started 13 months ago, is stillfermenting. He said that if I wanted to stop the fermentation, that all Ineeded to do was...

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