Help - Wine isn't Fermenting

[madSimonJ]

I need some help!

I started a batch of Mango wine away yesterday & nearly 24 hours later there's no sign of fermentation.

My recipe was:

* a tin of Kesar Mango Pulp
* 500g sugar
* 1 tsp yeast nutriant
* 1 tsp pectolase
* about 2 litres or so of water
* a sachet of wilko's wine yeast

The yeast is just floating near the bottom of the demijon though & there's no bubbling.

Any ideas?

 

[Tau]

Did you put a camden in?

 

[madSimonJ]

No. Should I?

 

[Personal91]

I need some help!

I started a batch of Mango wine away yesterday & nearly 24 hours later there's no sign of fermentation.

My recipe was:

* a tin of Kesar Mango Pulp
* 500g sugar
* 1 tsp yeast nutriant
* 1 tsp pectolase
* about 2 litres or so of water
* a sachet of wilko's wine yeast

The yeast is just floating near the bottom of the demijon though & there's no bubbling.

Any ideas?

where did you leave the demijohn overnight ? if it got too cold it could have shocked the yeast and caused it to stall

 

[madSimonJ]

where did you leave the demijohn overnight ? if it got too cold it could have shocked the yeast and caused it to stall

in a cupboard upstairs.

How I think about it, the water was pretty warm when I put everything in the Demijon. What's the hottest that Yeast can stand?

Is it worth throwing another sachet in?

 

[cheapdrunk]

Simon, my first wine brew was with wilko yeast (Root ginger and lemon wine). After 24hrs i was in same position as you are now! it was 48hrsplus before fermentation started. (as it goes, the wine ended up working out really well)
If i was you, id leave it till 48hrs before acting - then maybe make a yeast starter and add that, with another 1/4 teaspoon nutrient

just as a thought, for your next brew get some lalvin or vinters harvest yeast - it only costs a few pence more (ebay) than the wilko stuff, and comes with good reputation

good luck pal

 

[Chippy_Tea]

If this is in a plastic FV don't worry a lot are not airtight also 24 hours is too soon to decide it is not fermenting, give it time and if you don't have one get a hydrometer you will need it later.

 

[madSimonJ]

If this is in a plastic FV don't worry a lot are not airtight also 24 hours is too soon to decide it is not fermenting, give it time and if you don't have one get a hydrometer you will need it later.

It's a glass demijon with a rubber bung. I'll check it again tonight & see whether it's going or not yet.

 

[madSimonJ]

48 hours later, it still wasn't fermenting.

I soaked another sachet of yeast in warm water with half a spoon of sugar & a pinch of yeast nutrient for an hour. That seemed to make it pretty lively, so I've added it to the Demijohn now,

 

[Personal91]

48 hours later, it still wasn't fermenting.

I soaked another sachet of yeast in warm water with half a spoon of sugar & a pinch of yeast nutrient for an hour. That seemed to make it pretty lively, so I've added it to the Demijohn now,

Is your kesar mango wine a continuation of this thread ?

 

[madSimonJ]

Is your kesar mango wine a continuation of this thread ?

yeah. it's an ongoing project