Hi, I made some wine recently (2/3 gooseberry, 1/3 strawberry) using a simple sounding recipe from a book.
There was too much for the demijohn so I put the rest in a bottle, I made a hole in the lid and fitted a trap. A week later you can`t see through it and the trap is bubbling about once every 3 seconds. The wine in the bottle looks different, mush floating on top and no bubbles at all from the start. The bottle may have a higher proportion of sugar as I don`t think I dissolved the sugar completely when I added it. I`m assuming it might be a bad idea to add the wine from the bottle to the demijohn to top up after the next racking. No camden tablet has been used yet. Does it sound as if the wine is on track or have I spoiled it? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Terry
There was too much for the demijohn so I put the rest in a bottle, I made a hole in the lid and fitted a trap. A week later you can`t see through it and the trap is bubbling about once every 3 seconds. The wine in the bottle looks different, mush floating on top and no bubbles at all from the start. The bottle may have a higher proportion of sugar as I don`t think I dissolved the sugar completely when I added it. I`m assuming it might be a bad idea to add the wine from the bottle to the demijohn to top up after the next racking. No camden tablet has been used yet. Does it sound as if the wine is on track or have I spoiled it? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Terry