I made a BS wine(banana strawberry). Started on 8/18, racked to secondary on 8/24 and again on 9/21 and again on 10/5. I added kmeta, sorbate, and sparkloid on 9/22. I backsweetened by dissolving sugar in a bit of boiling water on 12/5, and today I notice the airlock bubbles every 5 to 8 minutes. The wine looks awesome and is very clear. Why is it still bubbling? It wasn't before back sweetening. Could it be just co2? I never did anything to degas other then wait.
Bubbling after back sweetening
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Do you know to what SG you sweetened it? I assume you are talking about an S-shaped airlock and one bubble every 5 to 8 minutes does not seem like re-fermentation to me. I would let it sit for a few days and see if the bubbles cease. I am guessing it is CO2 and maybe some vigorous stirring would help dissipate it but I would still wait a few days or a week and watch it.
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I had a similar issue with my carambola wine recently. I degassed a second time and just waited and watched the SG. The SG never moved. It was not refermenting it was just not completely degassed the first time.
In retrospect I think maybe that when I brought the wine upstairs it warmed up to a warmer temp it started release what CO2 was left.
In retrospect I think maybe that when I brought the wine upstairs it warmed up to a warmer temp it started release what CO2 was left.
