Brewkowski
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Started this wine about 8 months ago, it's had multiple rackings and I added sorbate and k-meta in January. I've backsweetened in a couple of steps to get the desired sweetness (trying to balance out the high acidity) for a nice summer semi sweet wine. Last time I checked on it was about 2 weeks and everything looked great, I was going to check the SO2 levels (I had made several doses, but since Titret kits are pricey I normally only check before bottling and hope for the best).
So what I found when I uncovered the wine was alot of new sediment and even some sediment that had kind of settled around the walls of the carboy. There were also small CO2 bubbles making their way to the top, but no airlock activity (maybe I missed that in the 2 weeks since I last checked it).
I used my Titret kit and apparently the SO2 was less than 20ppm, even though pH is around 3.0, I'm hoping that some yeast made it through multiple rackings and started a new round of fermentation. I was assuming since it had been so long that I had no chance of having any yeast in it.
Any thoughts or similar experiences?
So what I found when I uncovered the wine was alot of new sediment and even some sediment that had kind of settled around the walls of the carboy. There were also small CO2 bubbles making their way to the top, but no airlock activity (maybe I missed that in the 2 weeks since I last checked it).
I used my Titret kit and apparently the SO2 was less than 20ppm, even though pH is around 3.0, I'm hoping that some yeast made it through multiple rackings and started a new round of fermentation. I was assuming since it had been so long that I had no chance of having any yeast in it.
Any thoughts or similar experiences?