REDRUM
Vinthropologist
I'm just wondering if it's possible to get an accurate visual idea as to when fermentation is complete.
My wine has been fermenting for around 72 hours now. It started fairly slow and then really sped up, but now it has slowed right down again / possibly stopped.
I don't have a hydrometer. The wine is in a 30L fermenting tub and when I seal the lid there are no longer bubbles coming through the airlock. To taste, the wine seems quite dry... but it seems like 3 days is way too short a time for the fermentation to have completed.
The fermentation temperature has fluctuated a bit, according to the crappy adhesive thermometer on the side of the vessel - started at 22C, went up gradually to around 30, when I started dropping frozen water bottles in - these brought it back down and now it's sitting at about 24. So it should have at least stayed within a normal temperature range the whole time.
What do you reckon - should I just assume it's still going and leave it to do its thing?
Should I chuck in another packet of yeast and see if that kickstarts it?
Should I buy a hydrometer?
Cheers
My wine has been fermenting for around 72 hours now. It started fairly slow and then really sped up, but now it has slowed right down again / possibly stopped.
I don't have a hydrometer. The wine is in a 30L fermenting tub and when I seal the lid there are no longer bubbles coming through the airlock. To taste, the wine seems quite dry... but it seems like 3 days is way too short a time for the fermentation to have completed.
The fermentation temperature has fluctuated a bit, according to the crappy adhesive thermometer on the side of the vessel - started at 22C, went up gradually to around 30, when I started dropping frozen water bottles in - these brought it back down and now it's sitting at about 24. So it should have at least stayed within a normal temperature range the whole time.
What do you reckon - should I just assume it's still going and leave it to do its thing?
Should I chuck in another packet of yeast and see if that kickstarts it?
Should I buy a hydrometer?
Cheers