Recent content by Superlite27

I agree with WIP. See if warming it up helps. If not, I can only share from one of my own experiences. During my last batch of Elderberry wine, my primary fermentation was hard and fast. After 5 days, it quit completely. Figuring it was stabilized, I racked to secondary, and checked the SG...

Ahhh. Thanks for the advice. It's currently fizzing right away. I plan on simply letting it set for awhile. I will definately add k-meta and sorbate several days before backsweetening. (I also plan to let it bulk age for about a month after doing so and before bottling. Good idea? Yes/no?) Any...

As the OP has stated that it is a screw cap, theories concerning whether or not the cork has fouled become moot. Rotating has no effect on a screw cap. The pocket of air has no effect on a screw cap. Nothing concerning anything or any variable within this thread has any effect on the cork...

I had hoped to have such a high SG that the yeast would reach their alcohol limit and the ferment would end leaving residual sugar, hence: lightly sweet. I believe I messed the entire thing up as I added the amount of sugar directed by the recipe to water...then filled my primary that already...

I recently cooked up a batch of elderberry wine, and after a fast ferment (https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f25/first-elderberry-fast-ferment-272731/) it stopped bubbling completely. So I racked into a glass secondary for about a week in which the lees built up rather quickly (Still no bubbles from...

Thanks for the input! It isn't like me at all. Almost anything I do, I'm confident in my abilities. Why is it so different with brewing? I can't get away from the feeling that I've screwed something up and must fix it. Is this common among brewers? If so, I have definately chosen the...

About two weeks ago, I brewed up 5 gal. of Elderberry wine: 20lb. of Elderberries, pressed. 10lb. sugar 3 campden tablets 1 tsp acid blend 3tsp yeast nutrient I put the pressed pulp in a mesh bag, dissolved the 10 lbs of sugar in water and added to the must, then added water to the 6...

Guess you'll have to change the label for the new batch, huh?

Fiddle alcohols? Never heard of them. Yet another unfamiliar term to add to my increasing supply of things I have no clue about. Anyone care to educate me? I added nothing but 1lb of wildflower honey in 1/2 gallon of water to top off. I figured it was stable before I added the honey as not a...

Aaaaah. After doing a little more research, I believe I have found my problem. Seems the entire point of the hydrometer is a COMPARISON. I guess the reading is pretty much pointless without first performing a reading to find the original specific gravity, then comparing the final specific...

Well, Nobody had anything to say, so I went full steam ahead. Today, I mixed 1lb. of additional wildflower honey with 1/2 gallon of water and poured it into a sanitized 5 gallon carbuoy, then racked the crystal clear mead into it and re-installed a new sanitized airlock. For curiosity, I...

Just an update on how things are coming along: It's clearing up nicely. (Enough to read a newspaper through.) ...or in this case, the instructions for installing an automatic garage door opener. I will soon be requiring a 6 gallon carbuoy for a batch of elderberry wine. The...

Ahhh. Excellent analogy. I can grasp this. As the bubbling has slowed way down (from about every 30 seconds when racked to about every minute and a half in two days) I would hazard a guess that it's nearly finished. I would like to think I am a compassionate employer, therefore, by your...

O.K. It's only been several days, and it is clearing up! There's a thin layer of white, gritty lees building up at the bottom. The bubble rate has slowed way down to one every minute and 20 seconds. If you watch closely, you can see fine white particles dropping out of the solution. I am...

I checked on my primary this morning and the bubble rate was down to once every 36 seconds, so I decided to rack. Things went smoothly, other than one minor glitch that I don't think will harm anything. I cleaned and sanitized all my equipment beforehand, then popped the lid on my primary...