My wine has been at a constant 72 degrees fr 6 weeks now under a blanket. I have not racked the wine yet and I see sediment on bottom of my carboy. Will racking the wine kickstart the fermenting process again? This is my first time making wine so I'm open to suggestions.
2006-11-07 05:46:41 · 5 answers · asked by Sparky 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
This means that fermentation has stopped as the yeast has converted all the sugars into alcohol or, you have reached the maximum alcohol content of about 18% which also shuts down fermentation because at that level the alcohol concentration kills the yeast cells. It is now time to strain, bottle, seal and rack the wine to let it age.
2006-11-07 05:51:31 · answer #1 · answered by COACH 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
racking it to a secondary (for beer) will get a SMALL amount of fermentation going again. the biggest and most important part of the process is done already. the sediment or "trub" is dead yeast. with beer, you need to not let the liquid sit in this for too long before autolysis starts happening. i.e. the yeast starts breaking down the rest of your efforts and basically starts rotting. go to your next step, whatever it might be for wine.
2006-11-07 08:46:06 · answer #2 · answered by supahtforyou 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now that it's done fermenting, filter it to get rid of the sediment. I use a hose to siphon most of it. repeat a couple time over the next two months and bottle it.
You should try making mead, its delicious tastes like white wine.
Boil 2 lbs of honey into 1 gallon of water 1 tsp yeast activator. scoop off foam that comes to the top.
Let cool and add to sterile bottle, add wine yeast, 1 packet per gallon.
Siphon every 4 weeks of about 4 months. Bottle like wine
2006-11-07 06:05:01 · answer #3 · answered by beardedbarefooter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6 weeks? It's done. Racking to secondary probably won't result in any additional fermentation, but will definitely aid in any possible additional clarifying. You don't want to leave it much longer because the yeast may begin to autolyze...eat themselves for food for lack of sugars (provided the alcohol content hasn't killed them). You should take a specific gravity reading (you *did* do one at the beginning, didn't you?) and compare the two to see if it's as done as you expected.
You'll be ready to bottle in a few weeks.
2006-11-07 10:40:18 · answer #4 · answered by Trid 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's ready! just put the snake inside now
2006-11-07 09:05:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋