Air lock ?

[TENNISTOWINE]

I started 2 gallons of grape wine. SG was 1.06 on 2/10/11 when I started and .096 on 2/11/11 when I put in 2 gallon bottles. It has been 1 1/2 days and the airlocks are not bubbling. When should the bubbling begin?

 

[Wade E]

Dont quite under stand!!! Your wine is done fermenting!!!! its not going to bubble anymore except possible just a little trapped C02 being released.

 

[woodsxdragon]

just wondering if you could check your sg again... that seems like a huge jump that fast without signs of fermenting...

 

[Wade E]

Small batches ferment very fast!

 

[TENNISTOWINE]

Sorry for confusion. 2/21 not 2/11. I started it in primary on 2/11 sg 1.06. On 2/21 Sg was .96 so I put in glass jug and put airlock on. Tonight (1 1/2 days later) there still is no bubbling in airlock. When should it bubble?

 

[Wade E]

Its done fermenting!!!! There is nothing left to bubble. It only bubbles when its fermenting and your yeats ahs already done its job. Did you have it in a bucket with the lid snapped down and an airlock on it? That would be the only time it would have bubbled.

 

[TENNISTOWINE]

No I had it in an open crock with a towel over the top. It was bubbling then. Since I put an airlock on it now in the jars it has not bubbled. So does that mean the sugar is all out of it and it is done fermenting?

 

[Wade E]

Yep, your wine is done fermenting and now just needs to be degassed and cleared. I always manually degas my wine as Ive had a few batches that didnt degas themselves in a years time and that prevents it from clearing due to the trapped gas ho;ding sediment in suspension.