How do I know if MLF has started?
I inoculated the wine with the culture yesterday and I have the carboy on a
heater to keep it up to 20 degrees or so. Will there be much bubbling or is
it fairly subtle? At the moment nothing sems to be happening.
TIA
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Pickle, It doesn't always show up to be that obvious for a few days. Look
for small bubbles coming up the side of the carboy containing typically
white matter (lees). When they get to the top they commonly fall like a
comet back down. HTH
John Dixon
"Pickle" > wrote in message
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> How do I know if MLF has started?
> I inoculated the wine with the culture yesterday and I have the carboy on
a
> heater to keep it up to 20 degrees or so. Will there be much bubbling or
is
> it fairly subtle? At the moment nothing sems to be happening.
> TIA
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> Deflower me to reply
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"Pickle" > wrote in message >...
> How do I know if MLF has started?
> I inoculated the wine with the culture yesterday and I have the carboy on a
> heater to keep it up to 20 degrees or so. Will there be much bubbling or is
> it fairly subtle? At the moment nothing sems to be happening.
> TIA


If you look closely near the neck of the carboy you should see
occasional tiny bubbles rising slowly past the neck.