Hi for the past couple of months I have been (or thought) I was fermenting a nice ginger wine. It was bubbling away nicely for a couple of months, then it stopped bubbling so I assumed that it had finished fermenting. (we just had nice warm summer and it is in the the shed with 2 others that are still bubbling away)
I only have an alcohol % hydromometer, I have ordered specific gravity one but it hasn't arrived yet.
My confusion is that when my wine stopped bubbling, I added 5 campden tablets as per insructions to "sterilise" the wine, but when I checked back the next day, fermentation had begun again? I tried to check the alcohol % with my hydrometer but it just floats? Like the 0% alcohol is above the line, I use a 100ml thin beaker which i sterizile prior and I also spin the hydrometer. Same story when I place it in wine. Is there a reason for this? Is it really fermentation? I taste the wine its definitely gone from sweet to better.
I only have an alcohol % hydromometer, I have ordered specific gravity one but it hasn't arrived yet.
My confusion is that when my wine stopped bubbling, I added 5 campden tablets as per insructions to "sterilise" the wine, but when I checked back the next day, fermentation had begun again? I tried to check the alcohol % with my hydrometer but it just floats? Like the 0% alcohol is above the line, I use a 100ml thin beaker which i sterizile prior and I also spin the hydrometer. Same story when I place it in wine. Is there a reason for this? Is it really fermentation? I taste the wine its definitely gone from sweet to better.