I Have been making wine for two years now...but still consider myself new to this.
I have 3 gal of Elderberry going right now, this was started in sept. and still bubbles now and then. most of my info was lost in a computer virus thing(I know back it up) My question is I recently racked it(3rd time) and the SG was .995. While racking... it was almost like carbonated beer. The aroma is very nice and I tasted(as I do at every racking) it was almost like champaine on my tongue.(carbonation) is this normal? here are the few specifics that I did write down...
started with 10lbs of fresh Elderberries rinsed and bagged in a nylon straining bag. I poured enough boiling water over the bag to cover it. let this stand in primary for two days. I then removed the bag and sqeezed out all the juice.
I added enough sugar (just regular sugar) to bring my SG up to 1.25
My acid level was a little low so I added a acid blend to bring it to about 6. I added my yeast (montrachet) let it sit in the primary until it almost stopped, then racked it into the 1st carboy.
All of my detailed info was lost, but I have racked it twice since then.
Sorry I couldn't be more specific.
I have 3 gal of Elderberry going right now, this was started in sept. and still bubbles now and then. most of my info was lost in a computer virus thing(I know back it up) My question is I recently racked it(3rd time) and the SG was .995. While racking... it was almost like carbonated beer. The aroma is very nice and I tasted(as I do at every racking) it was almost like champaine on my tongue.(carbonation) is this normal? here are the few specifics that I did write down...
started with 10lbs of fresh Elderberries rinsed and bagged in a nylon straining bag. I poured enough boiling water over the bag to cover it. let this stand in primary for two days. I then removed the bag and sqeezed out all the juice.
I added enough sugar (just regular sugar) to bring my SG up to 1.25
My acid level was a little low so I added a acid blend to bring it to about 6. I added my yeast (montrachet) let it sit in the primary until it almost stopped, then racked it into the 1st carboy.
All of my detailed info was lost, but I have racked it twice since then.
Sorry I couldn't be more specific.