It's fine. That's yeast in the neck. Anytime you add dry stuff to wine
with lots of CO2, which it will have after fermentation, it'll foam
like crazy. To avoid that , add the stuff to a little wine to get it
wet then add to the carboy. You're fine.

Bob


On Sep 13, 10:11*am, alphajerk > wrote:
> Hey all,
> I am making my very first batch of wine from a kit. It has been going
> well until last night. I dumped in the metabisulphite, sorbate, and
> clarifier per the instructions. I stirred everything in the carboy
> with one of those spoon paddles attached to a drill. It foamed up
> pretty good, but went down and I topped it off. I noticed there was a
> lot of "debris" floating in the wine. Now, this morning there is this
> floating stuff and then this big clump of brown crap at the top and it
> does not look healthy. It almost looks like curdled chocolate milk or
> something would be the best way to describe it.
>
> So, what did I do or is it supposed to look like this or do I just get
> rid of that stuff when I rack it for the last time in eight days after
> its cleared?
>
> I took a video of it if it helps anyone with a diagnosis:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywY4aA7xy64
>
> thanks for any input anyone might have!!
>
> -Reed