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Everything has been progressing well, I think. I'm only on day 8 of my wine
kit and have a few questions. The primary fermentation has been very steady, even after racking the wine, which the kit instructions stated to do when the wine reached an SP of 1.010, which was today. The wine is still fermenting and should continue until the SP reaches about .996 or less, at which point I'm instructed to stabilize the wine and use the F-Pack. One thing I've been noticing is that the wine is becoming more cloudy, more so then it was when I started and there was not much sediment when I racked it, virtually none. Is this normal? I'm also concerned about a little foam (nice white foam) on top of the wine, which appeared about the fourth day of fermentation. I think this started when I began stirring the wine, which was done from day 2 to 4, gentle stirring, nothing too serious, but each time I expose the wine to air it seems to worsen..a little more foam. The foam is about 1/2 inch high. I've been very meticulous about cleaning everything that has come into contact with the wine in any way, but I've read a few posts describing bacteria, although most all of them were referring to wine that had sat around awhile. Should I worry, or could this be CO2 or is it too early to tell? Day Specific Gravity Temp 1 1.080 76 F 2 Didn't Check 72 F 3 1.060 76 F 4 1.050 74 F 5 1.040 72 F 6 1.030 74 F 7 1.020 74 F 8 1.010 74 F (Racked) Brandon |
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