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    Stuck fermentation mint wine

    Hydrometer. Been thinking about getting a refractometer. Might be worth the investment. We've had CO2 release before but not for weeks. Thanks for your response.
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    Stuck fermentation mint wine

    Thanks for responding. On 6/18 the SG 1.085 and we initially added Lavin D47 plus nutrient. Not sure of the temp but had the fermenter wrapped in a heating blanket. It fermented until about 6/23 when the SG was 1.035. On 6/26 we added some DADY and it began to ferment (bubble.) It is still...
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    Stuck fermentation mint wine

    Hi, We've been making mint wine for years. It works out most of the time but occasionally get a stuck fermentation. This usually happens when it's cold. We started a recent batch at SG of about 1.085 It fermented to 1.035 and stopped. After a time we added some wine yeast and nutrient. To our...
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    Effervescence

    Bernard, Don't know what the SG was right at bottling but was 0.985 a few months earlier when we added camden. Like you said Norton, it sure tastes great. Happy we have five gallons to enjoy over the next few years.
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    Effervescence

    Ran into another interesting thing. We made a batch of Asian pear wine last summer. Bottled it up in March, 2016. It's about 16%. Opened a bottle the other night and it bubbled like champagne. Very good but never had that happen before. Any ideas? Would like to duplicate that in new batches.
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    no change in hydrometer

    Thanks for the info everyone. Still not sure what's going on. Been bubbling away for 8 days now and little or no change in hydrometer. Will rack again and see if that changes things.
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    no change in hydrometer

    Been making wine for a number of years but never ran into this. We have both sage and apple mint wines in secondaries. Started at about 1.1. Now both are down to about 1.03. They appear to be cooking away (lots of bubbling in the airlock) but the hydro readings have not changed in a week. Used...
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