Welches Wine in trouble...

[mrchaos101]

So I have not done this in a while. I started 5 gallons of wine. Used 10 cans grape consontrate. And 5 and 1/2 lbs sugar. Pitched wine yeast.

Day 4 ...aire loc is still bubbel'n.
I seem to have lost ALL my additives.No cam tabs....nothing. Do I have time to order?
Took a small taste and its going slow....may be a few more days....I have nothi g to stop the yeast.....was gonna let it die off on its own.

I know i should have checked my supplies before I started this.
Any help on saving this please?

 

[DoctorCAD]

Depends on how long it will take you to get the campden and sorbate that you need.

Oh, and you can't stop the yeast (at least a normal home winemaker can't). Let it go and then stabilize with campden and sorbate. That will keep any remaining yeast from growing. After that, you can sweeten to taste.

 

[SmokeyMcBong]

Or ferment to, and bottle dry with no campden or sorbate...

 

[mrchaos101]

OK im in luck. It is still going. Buble every 4-5 seconds. I took a green taste test last night. I can tast Alhc in there but it still has a good amount of surgar. Im going to end where ever it is at on Friday. My order will be here Thursday.

Help me out n my next steps please. Drop in 1 tab per gallon? Add srbt to end yeast life?
Let sit 1 day?
Stir good to release CO2?
Rack to 2ndry and let it start to clear up?

It has been a LONG time.

Thanks

 

[DoctorCAD]

Again...you cant stop the fermentation. Let it finish, stabilize then add sugar to taste.

Your method wont work the way you want ii to.

 

[jensmith]

Ditto. You can not stop or kill off yeast that is working. Once it has finished its job and there is no suger left it will go dorment. Take a nap so to speak. Untill the yeast gets done and goes to sleep there is nothing you can do to stop it from fermenting.

Right now do this. 1st. Wait and stir daily untill the yeast is done. Probely another few days.
2nd. Rack into a clean carboy and airlock. Do not add anything.
3rd. Wait. Wait some more. About a month of waiting!
4th. Once most of the yeast goes to sleep and is sitting on the bottom of the carboy, rack off into a clean carboy and airlock.

Now at this point you can do several different things.
1. Drink it as is without bothering to bottle it.
2. Add a campton tablet and wait for more yeast to fall asleep and then rack again. Racking several times with campton everyother time over the next 6-12 months.
3. You can add campton, wait a few days, add a clarifier and rack in a week. Then either add sorbate and maybe more campton and let sit, sweeten and then bottle or drink. Or hurry up and wait and let age some more.


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