refermentation???

[babyfat]

made a 5 gallon batch of sp per lon's recipe. gravity was at .997 for over 3 consecutive days so i added campden,sorbate and degassed transfered to carboy and added super kleer. cleared slow about 3 weeks,then racked off lee's and added margarita mix capped with air lock then about 20 minutes i'm getting bubbles in air lock. not much but one every few minutes. could i have introduced oxygen into the wine and it's trying to escape?

 

[Julie]

take a reading and watch it for a few days. How old was your sorbate? You are probably getting a bubble here and there because you just racked but I would watch it.

 

[djrockinsteve]

It's probably not thru fermenting. Yes take a hydrometer reading and check again after a few days.

Adding sorbate will prevent yeast reproduction but living yeasts will continue to feed on the sugar.

 

[babyfat]

sorbate does not have a date on it. but i bought it the last part of december. thanks for the reply.

 

[babyfat]

hi djrockinsteve, i will take a hydrometer reading this morning and go from there. thanks for the reply.

 

[Arne]

Bet it is probably degassing after you stirred it up. Take your hydrometer readings and they will tell you what is going on. Arne.