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Dar V
 
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Ray,
So, you're thinking he's got the makings of some bottle bombs then....
That's 150 bottles...what would you do? Uncork them back into a carboy and
then stabilize?
Darlene

"Ray Calvert" > wrote in message
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>>I didn't add any Sorbate. I had read that if you sterile filtered,
>> you could get away without it. Also, I bottled immediately. So maybe
>> I made a couple of mistakes. However, I'm almost positive that this
>> is not fermentation. I've had that happen before. This doesn't look
>> anything like it. If you let it settle for a few days the wine goes
>> crystal clear with the layer just on the bottom and there is no
>> "fizzing" of any kind.
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> Yes but as John commented, you did not steril filter. 0.5 microns will
> not remove all the yeast. You still need to stabilize if you use that
> large of a filter mesh.
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> Ray
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