Accidentally added potassium carbonate instead of sorbate (was wanting to stabilize).

[zosimus]

So wasn't thinking or reading ingredients very well... Pretty new to brewing and pulled out the wrong potassium and added potassium carbonate to my cider instead of sorbate along with campden.

Will this ruin it? I also read instructions for p-carbonate and it says wine must be refrigerated several weeks after adding. It has been in the fridge thankfully, but has anyone had experience with this? Do I need to wait longer before bottling? It has been about 2ish weeks since I did that.

 

[Raptor99]

Since no one else has responded...

Potassium Carbonate is normally used to raise the pH if your wine/cider/mead is too acidic. It takes a little while to work, and some sediment will settle out. That's why they recommend refrigerating it. I wouldn't bottle it yet, because you need to see how it was affected by the Potassium Carbonate.

After a few weeks, check the pH to see were it is at, and taste it to see if it is too "flat" and needs more acid.