My typing is all messed up since I got a head injury last year. Yes, I meant
0.990. But since the fermentation is still bubbling away do I simply halt it
with Potasium MetaBisulfate?


"Steve" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 8 Feb 2011 14:13:08 -0800, "Tom Kunich"
> > wrote:
>
>>I made some Orange wine according to a recipe on the net. It was bubbling
>>and boiling away merrily for three days and then just stopped. I took a
>>hydrometer reading and it showed nothing at all. The thing sank all the
>>way
>>to 0.09 or whatever the last reading was.
>>
>>I tried to get on the winepress.us net but it won't let me post for some
>>reason. And the administrator won't answer either.
>
> As already said, it sounds like it is finished fermenting. But you
> need to learn to read a hydrometer. SG readings are usually quoted as
> 3 decimal places and 0.09 is an impossible reading. Perhaps .990.
> If you wish to calulate your alcohol %age at some point, reasonably
> accurate readings are essential.
>
> Steve