I make wine in 5 gallon carboys. My wine is useualy done in about 4 months. My white grape wine has been cooking for almost 8 months. I added sodioum benzoate to shut it down and it still continues to cook. How can I shut it down?
2007-05-17 10:37:21 · 3 answers · asked by robert d 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
When they make dessert wines, they spike it w/ alcohol to kill the bacteria. This is why dessert wines sneak up on you. But it's effective at stopping it from "cooking" any further.
2007-05-17 10:42:18 · answer #1 · answered by Sugar Pie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you cool the wine too a temperature where fermentation can't occur it will stop the process.
2007-05-17 17:52:05 · answer #2 · answered by Matty'sballs 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mattys right, do you have a fridge you can put it in? Take it to 45 degrees, it should stabilize, and the yeast will stop working.
2007-05-17 18:24:37 · answer #3 · answered by smatthies65 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋