Need Help With Jelly Wine...Fizzing but not Foaming

[Sue]

Followed the recipe for a jelly wine five gallon batch. Took the first reading and it was way high....1.2...followed the advice online and diluted it to a 1.1. Today is day 5....yesterday and today hydrometer reading was 1.085. The solids of the jam float to the top and I stir them back in each day. There is a lot of fizzing sound just not much foaming. Any suggestions?

 

[wpt-me]

Did a blackberry jam a couple years ago. Used a starter with a s.g. of 1.110 ,five days down to 1.020. Never got below 1.014. I believe
it was because a lot of solids

Used a lot pectic enzyme

Bill

 

[Arne]

Sounds like it is fermenting along. Keep it warm, in the 70's or so, maybe a little nutrient and stir daily. Good luck with it, Arne.

 

[Sue]

Did a blackberry jam a couple years ago. Used a starter with a s.g. of 1.110 ,five days down to 1.020. Never got below 1.014. I believe
it was because a lot of solids

Used a lot pectic enzyme

Bill

Thanks. I would be happy with a 1.014. I can hear it still fizzing pretty good so hoping it takes off and isn't all bad. Says to move to carboy after five days....but with reading that high I am leary to. Recipe called for 5 teaspoons of pectic enzyme.

 

[salcoco]

fizzing is fine. some yeast are low foaming to begin with hydrometer best indication of activity.

 

[Sue]

Sounds like it is fermenting along. Keep it warm, in the 70's or so, maybe a little nutrient and stir daily. Good luck with it, Arne.

I figured the fizzing sound was a good sign. Staying hopeful. I did add a little yeast nutrient to it.

 

[Sue]

fizzing is fine. some yeast are low foaming to begin with hydrometer best indication of activity.

I was thinking the fizzing was good. Was just worried when the reading was the same yesterday to today.

 

[sour_grapes]

Was just worried when the reading was the same yesterday to today.

It will be fine. I predict that the SG will start dropping quickly over the next day or so.

 

[Sue]

It will be fine. I predict that the SG will start dropping quickly over the next day or so.

Thanks I had it in open fermentation per recipe....it has been five days so I covered and airlocked....airlock is showing very good activity so I am hopeful.

 

[Sue]

UPDATE...airlock is still bubbling some but the sg reading isn't moving. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Sue]

It will be fine. I predict that the SG will start dropping quickly over the next day or so.

Two days later...still at 1.080 Airlock still shows signs of bubbling but reading hasn't moved in four days.