Not poisoning - but shooting at me. Last nite, I stirred a primary in my wine room - and just when i left, there was a loud "shot" sound from my wine rack. Seems like a bottle had shot out it's cork with such velocity - like a bullet - and soaked the room. The cork was on the other side of the room - at head level.
Background - I bought a juice pail of sauvignon blanc from Corrado's in NJ. Did everything right and bulk aged for 4 months. Tasted it and it was great and clear.
But 2 months later, I've been seeing some white sludge (not tartrate crystals). Seems like yeast. Tried a bottle and it tasted a bit carbonated. Now the assassination attempt!
Why? After 5 months, the fermentation should have been complete. I'm guessing the yeast didn't do it's job - and fermentation continued, building up pressure till the bottle exploded. All the bottles have the white sludge, so I'm guessing something messed up. And I should throw out or duck when i enter.
Could the yeast have been bad? Was the temperature in the room too hot - this summer it reached 80. Because I bulk aged, I never bothered to take a final SG. Maybe that would have told me there was a problem.
I've done about 15 varities with no similar occurance - so not a total newbie. Thanks.
Background - I bought a juice pail of sauvignon blanc from Corrado's in NJ. Did everything right and bulk aged for 4 months. Tasted it and it was great and clear.
But 2 months later, I've been seeing some white sludge (not tartrate crystals). Seems like yeast. Tried a bottle and it tasted a bit carbonated. Now the assassination attempt!
Why? After 5 months, the fermentation should have been complete. I'm guessing the yeast didn't do it's job - and fermentation continued, building up pressure till the bottle exploded. All the bottles have the white sludge, so I'm guessing something messed up. And I should throw out or duck when i enter.
Could the yeast have been bad? Was the temperature in the room too hot - this summer it reached 80. Because I bulk aged, I never bothered to take a final SG. Maybe that would have told me there was a problem.
I've done about 15 varities with no similar occurance - so not a total newbie. Thanks.