Fermenting or degassing?

[patricksievert]

I started a batch of carrot wine last month. On November 14, with an SG of 0.992, I racked into my secondary. A month later, I'm still seeing a fair number of bubbles. I still haven't seen my airlock move, but I can clearly see a few bubbles running their way up the side of the jar.

Is my wine still fermenting, or is it just degassing itself?

My apple wine that I racked into the secondary on Oct 31 never displayed this behavior (those are my first two batches of wine).

 

[cpfan]

patrick:

.992 basically means finished fermentation. I've never made carrot wine, but in a month it would be finished even if the temperature was fairly cool. Ergo, it is degassing itself.

Now I have a question for you...why haven't you taken another sg reading? That would tell you what is happening for sure. Odds are the sg is still .992.

Steve