Ring around the neck

[RkyMtnWine]

Almost ready to bottle my Strawberry wine. Have twogallons. Three days ago I addedtwo campden tablets and one tsp of Sorbate. Plan on bottlingSaturday after I back sweeten and filter it.The wine is quite clear however, I do notice a ring around the neck of the bottle just below the airlock... this was not therebefore I addedcamden and sorbate.. is this normal?

 

[Wade E]

Sounds to me like the campden tablets were not crushed enough. These tablets usually cause this problem because of the fillers not dissolving entirely. These fillers are there to hold the tablet together. i put these tablets in a very small ziplock baggie and smash the sh!t out of them with a hammer head.

 

[PolishWineP]

We use a mortar and pestel to crush them.

 

[gaudet]

$5 pill crusher from wally world......... Works great......