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    Fizzy Blackberry Wine

    I used 1 campden tab per gallon and 5 grams of sorbate per gallon. The SG after sweetening was 1.040 and it did drop to 1.020 which leads me to think there was some fermentation restart. I sweetened the wine one week after stabilizing and bottled one week after that. The wine cleared incredibly...
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    Fizzy Blackberry Wine

    It suddenly became fizzy. The first few bottle we had of it was really good and no fizz. The next bottle was spewing like a hot Coke. The foam that surfaces when the wine is stirred reminds me of a soft drink with a lot of carbonation. I have never seen this before. The TA is apprx .70
  3. K

    Fizzy Blackberry Wine

    I have used a degasser on the wine several times. Once it even foamed over the top and made a nice sticky mess.
  4. K

    Fizzy Blackberry Wine

    35 gals fresh Blackberries 10 gals water Sugar to reach 1.075 sg or 10% ABV 48 hour cold maceration Pitched yeast (5 pkgs Lalvin EC-1118) 6 days later sg 1.020- Removed fruit and racked wine from 55gal-30gal fermenter 5 days later wine rested at .995sg Racked to 15 gal fermenters. 10...
  5. K

    How to hold the auto siphon to the bucket

    You can purchase a clip made especially for the auto siphon that holds the siphon in a stationary position. I think they are around $3-$4 each.
  6. K

    Fizzy Blackberry Wine

    I am making a batch of blackberry wine and I am experiencing a lot of fizz. At first I thought it was trapped CO2 or something to that effect. I have stirred the batch several times over the past weeks but it's still very fizzy. It has actually foamed over the top of my 30 gal fermenter once. I...
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