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I will try that Thank you

I did not think about preservatives on the raisins, thanks. Yeah, im just glad i didn't have to toss it out. Thank you

Went to check on it this morning and had a major over flow, it is definitely active now. I have never had one take this long to start,(always next day) but boy did it start, what a mess. LOL still not sure why the over flow or why it took so long to become active. I did increase room temp to...

You are assuming correctly. That is the one thing i need to start doing, i normaly just wing it with no problems until now. I will try same yeast package and rehydrate it this time. Thanks very much to you both, I will wait another 24 to 36 hours or so and keep my eye on it, i will also...

Morning all, I have one gallon of Concord juice mixed with 1/2 tsp Lalvin 1116, added 2 oz of raisins. 2 cups organic sugar. Its been sitting in a temp controlled wine room(72 F) for 2 days now with no activity. I did not rehydrate the yeast(i never do)just incase anyone ask. What can i do...

Yes, correct, i believe it was my stance while corking, bottom of bottles moving just a bit while pulling down a hand corker. i would hate to have a bottle explode on me while corking, i have had a bottle pop a cork while it was on top a refrigerator at 3 in the morning. that was fun. :)...

getting the job done is all i need. I ordered a Clean-Bottle-Degassing-Tool from homebrewing.org Hope it does well. Thanks

Ordered, Thanks

I have been researching degassing wine, looks like i will need one that fits a 3/8 drill. if you have one you could suggest please do. thanks for the info.

I will purchase a wine whip and try as you stated. Thanks JTS84 hit the nail on the head, earlier i had 2 others help cork with only 1 problem bottling, it was me! im a newbie, it was my technique using a hand corker. (Thanks JTS84 appreciate it ). Thanks kuziwk for info on wine whip, cant...

i use the same corker in this picture. i re-corked 3 of them today and it turned out a little better, still not like they normally do. I did notice one of the red rubber pieces fell off one of the small metal arms, found it and replaced it. it came with 2 extras in the bag. Thank you

2 months before bottling, i dont have a degassing technique, i will look into it tho. Thank you

No, they just started doing this, first time i had this problem. gas is from siphoning to bottles from carboy. but i have been doing same since last year with no problems. (im still new at this tho). Never turned bottles on sides. they dont last that long. LOL Wine fermenting room stays...

a lot of info here, thanks to all!

The corks are #8 Straight Corks from homebrewohio.com (MS-022217-005). this is first time i have had a problem with these corks. I will be bottling in another week or so, if same problem i will contact them. Thanks everyone.

its a hand corker mainshipfred. Looks like i need to purchase a floor corker, Thanks JTS84, Thank you guys!

Anyone ever had this problem? Is it defective corks, this happen 4 times in a roll. See attached photo. TIA