Ernest T Bass
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Carboy bubbling like mad:
From the beginning:
10/1/10= 9:00 am
Grape Wine= 3 lbs of red grapes and 7 lbs of green grapes
washed and removed stems
mashed them up as I put them in a 10 gallon plastic container
added 4 gallons of well water
added 4 crushed campden tablets
8:00 pm
SpGr 1.020
10/2/10
added 4 teaspoons of yeast nutrient
added 8 teaspoons of acid blen
added 18 cups of sugar
SpGr 1.070
added 1 pack of yeast (red star premier cuvee)
10/3/10 SpGr 1.060
10/4/10 SpGr 1.030
10/5/10 SpGr 1.020
Racked (dipped out and poured thru strainer into carboy with air lock
had 1 gallon left over and put it into a 1 gallon jug with air lock
10/9/10 all bubbling stopped for 3 days, racked (the right way)
5 gallon carboy and 1 gallon jug and checked the SpGr=1.090
tasted bitter, but stong on alcohol, re-checked SpGr=1.090
added 5 lbs of sugar and a half pack of yeast
added 1 gallon of welchs 100% pure purple grape juice
10/11/10 everything back to bubbling good = SpGr 1.030
10/12/10 SpGr 1.040 = has a continious stream of bubbles
Should I just wait it out? have I gone too far ? is it a lost cause now?
Thanks for any help
Semper Fi
From the beginning:
10/1/10= 9:00 am
Grape Wine= 3 lbs of red grapes and 7 lbs of green grapes
washed and removed stems
mashed them up as I put them in a 10 gallon plastic container
added 4 gallons of well water
added 4 crushed campden tablets
8:00 pm
SpGr 1.020
10/2/10
added 4 teaspoons of yeast nutrient
added 8 teaspoons of acid blen
added 18 cups of sugar
SpGr 1.070
added 1 pack of yeast (red star premier cuvee)
10/3/10 SpGr 1.060
10/4/10 SpGr 1.030
10/5/10 SpGr 1.020
Racked (dipped out and poured thru strainer into carboy with air lock
had 1 gallon left over and put it into a 1 gallon jug with air lock
10/9/10 all bubbling stopped for 3 days, racked (the right way)
5 gallon carboy and 1 gallon jug and checked the SpGr=1.090
tasted bitter, but stong on alcohol, re-checked SpGr=1.090
added 5 lbs of sugar and a half pack of yeast
added 1 gallon of welchs 100% pure purple grape juice
10/11/10 everything back to bubbling good = SpGr 1.030
10/12/10 SpGr 1.040 = has a continious stream of bubbles
Should I just wait it out? have I gone too far ? is it a lost cause now?
Thanks for any help
Semper Fi