ApolloSpeed
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I made my first BlueBerry wine....I followed the instructions perfectly... but ran into some problems.
Fermentation stopped during the first 3 days. I waited a week, nothing ever restarted. I check the gravity, it was at 1040. OG was 1080.
I made a yeast starter again, and repitched.... It started back up for another 2 days or so, and stopped again. This time at 1025. I waited another 10 days, still nothing.
So I decided to secondary.... it started back up again SLOWLY (bubble every 3-5 minutes). A week later, it stopped. This time at about 1017. I waited and wait, yet nothing happened.
So after over 8 weeks in the carboy total.... I decided to bottle. It was still at 1017, but what else could I do? I added Sorbate and Campden when bottled.
Its been 2 weeks in the bottles, and I opened one to try it.... BOOM!! Top flew off and wine spewed everwhere!! It tasted pretty good, but damn. I hope it doesn't do that on all the bottles
Are all my bottles gonna be like this? Will aging it longer make the pressure drop some?
Fermentation stopped during the first 3 days. I waited a week, nothing ever restarted. I check the gravity, it was at 1040. OG was 1080.
I made a yeast starter again, and repitched.... It started back up for another 2 days or so, and stopped again. This time at 1025. I waited another 10 days, still nothing.
So I decided to secondary.... it started back up again SLOWLY (bubble every 3-5 minutes). A week later, it stopped. This time at about 1017. I waited and wait, yet nothing happened.
So after over 8 weeks in the carboy total.... I decided to bottle. It was still at 1017, but what else could I do? I added Sorbate and Campden when bottled.
Its been 2 weeks in the bottles, and I opened one to try it.... BOOM!! Top flew off and wine spewed everwhere!! It tasted pretty good, but damn. I hope it doesn't do that on all the bottles
Are all my bottles gonna be like this? Will aging it longer make the pressure drop some?