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Now the remaining question is, pour it on the vegetables or down the sink?

I added the EC-1118 in January and left the wine sitting in the dark for the last 5 months. Today the sg is 1.100, the liquid tastes sugary with a little bitter fruit rind flavor, and apparently no alcohol. I think we can rule out commercial preservatives and bad yeast based on the prior...

I'm on it. Using Lalvin EC-1118, for whatever that's worth.

Thanks everyone for all the interest: --Specific gravity (today) is 1.101 --pH is 6.8 (I used 10 tsp citric-malic-tartaric acid blend) --The juice vendor (Trader Joe's) asserts that there are NO preservatives in the product. There is a remote chance the yeast nutrient was...

Nurmey--I did not record the hydrometer value. Doh! I'm used to ales which really froth. I see no bubbles in the carboy, and there is no gas passing through the air trap. enderwig--As far as preservatives, I've unfortunately recycled the juice bottles. The product is called "Just...

I made a wort (can you say that for wines?) of pomegranate wine using 15% fresh squeezed fruit and Trader Joe's pure juice for the remainder. A fair amount of rind made it into the juice--yech! Used Campden tablets according to instructions. Pitched yeast (forget what kind--it was labelled...