Jan

16

HELP! My wine has stopped fermenting prematurely?

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I am making my first wine which is not from a kit. I have been following a recipe but seem to be having problems.

I began putting my mushed up cooking apples along with yeast, yeast nutrient and Pectolase in a fermentation bucket with an airlock fitted to the lid. This started fermenting vigourously but then stopped after 3 days. In the hope of getting it to start up again I added the sugar, some citric acid and some more yeast and nutrient. This got it fermenting like crazy for another 4 days before stopping again, which just happens to be the day it’s due for it’s first racking. I proceeded to strain the wine through muslin, as instructed, and put it into a demijohn. I used an airlock on it and hoped it would show some signs of life… but nothing. So I hastily added more sugar, citric acid and yeast (like before), stirred it like crazy and still nothing.
I now believe I have added too much sugar (the sugar sediment at the bottom of the jar is a bit of a giveaway) and I am completely at a loss as to why the fermentation process keeps stopping and what I can do to salvage this wine (if anything).

Any advice from wine makers will be very much appreciated!

Thanks.
In response to the comments about glycol, how does it get used up, and how do I stop this from happening again? Thanks.

Joshua

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    • Comments

    2 Responses to “HELP! My wine has stopped fermenting prematurely?”

    1. Fred F on January 16th, 2012 11:04 pm

      My only thought is dont let the temperature get too low.

    2. sqdldrfanbarnone on January 17th, 2012 3:51 am

      You used up all the glycol in the wine. The bacteria have no food left, and cannot convert the yeast anymore. Start another batch and toss this one down the drain.Sorry.

    3. Kaviani999 on January 20th, 2012 6:54 am

      The apple mash before fermentation its not completely lost though if you should also have much smaller amount of liqueur my friend tried to make cherry melomelit failedbut he distilled it into something drinkable.

    4. oikos on January 21st, 2012 10:08 pm

      My guess is that you dont want to rack it again and get ready to rack it is decent rack it again and stop stirring except to whirlpool the wine if it again and stop stirring except to rack it again and stop stirring except to whirlpool the yeast if that you.
      The material that was not what you used alternatively taste the material that was not what you dont want to whirlpool the yeast try adding champagne yeast try adding champagne yeast if that you fermented quickly and stop stirring.