skeeter pee stalled at 1.00 sg

[KevinVG]

My skeeter pee seems to have stalled at about 1.00 s.g.
I racked it to secondary at 1.012 s.g.

I am wondering what I should do?

Yeast added 1/16/16 (EC-1118)
1/16/16 1.066
1/19/16 1.03
1/25/16 1.02
1/31/16 1.00
2/8/16 1.00
2/14/16 1.00

This is only my second batch of wine so I am very new to this.

I am planing to back sweeten, so maybe I leave it as is?

 

[sour_grapes]

I am not an expert in such situations, but, yes, I would leave it. I think there is little chance of restarting this batch. As you say, you will backsweeten anyway, so I would rack and stabilize.

Only comments are: (1) this will have only 8.6% ABV. (2) I would double-check my hydrometer in plain water, just in case it is off a little!

 

[richmke]

I wouldn't worry about it. I add sugar to bring up the sweetness, so you just have to add a little less.

 

[Arne]

Bet if you get it warm the s.g. will slowly go down. Might take a while, but I will bet it will go down to at least 0.996. I might also be wrong. I would also let it sit til it clears then stabalize and sweeten. Doing it this way probably takes more time and you will have to wait a bit longer before consuming. Arne.

 

[KevinVG]

Thanks for the advice. Turns out my hydrometer is off.
It reads 1.000 at 90 degrees in my tap water.
1.004 at 60 degrees of my tap water.

So, I figure my skeeter pee is actually .997 and fully fermented.

I wish I would have known before I started so I could have targeted a bit more abv

 

[Arne]

I wish I would have known before I started so I could have targeted a bit more abv[/QUOTE]

LOL, no worries. Just have another glass. If you havn't had it before, be a little careful with it. Doesn't taste like alcohol and you can get too much before you know what happened. Don't ask how I know. Arne.