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Well, it took the entire week for the potassium metabisulphite to arrive, during which time I tried my hardest not to think about my brew! As it turns out, the mould was not partial to living *in* the brew at all. It continued to float listlessly - yet stubbornly - in suspension 50% of the way...

Aha - is potassium metabisulphite likely the same as the generic metabisulphite that I added from the kit? In that case it should be in the wine already, exerting its killing power. That might be why the mould wasn't doing a very good job of colonizing the brew, just touching the surface. Or...

Also, I should point out the mould doesn't look like most mould pics I have seen on the forum: rather than scum on the surface, it was white cobwebs in the tiny neck space that were also touching the surface. It's possible that's just because there wasn't much surface for them to hang out on...

Thanks for the quick response. I had topped the carboy up to the level suggested in the kit instructions - right where the sloping sides converge and there is only a constant 1-2" of constant neck diameter to the top. However, I used a sanitized-during-a-previous-batch-and-left-in-the-cupboard...

I haven't seen anyone here suggest racking a bucket of diluted star-san. If you've got the solution mixed anyway you clean the portion of the cane that comes in contact with your brew as well as the inside of your tubing. I guess you could spray the top portion of your cane to be safe. Does that...

Dear Brewers, As a novice beer and wine brewer, I've been covertly absorbing tips from this forum on and off for a few months now, and am today motivated to post myself by the ultimate horror: a brew infection! I left my white wine in secondary a few weeks longer than advised in my kit...