what to do when too much bisulfite has been added to must

shoytwilliams · Nov 21, 2015

I did this about a week ago to 12 gallons of fresh apple cider, all the juice, sugar, etc then added too much sullfite, 4 times in fact. aerated for a couple days and added the yeast. No fermentation start yet. Any suggestions?

NorCal · Nov 21, 2015

Assuming 4X would be at 200ppm? If it were mine, I would splash rack the heck out of it, make sure it had the proper nutrient, get it to 70 degrees and use a yeast had a high tolerance to SO2.

Runningwolf · Nov 21, 2015

Another costly option would be to buy 6 more gallons of apple cider and add it to it.

shoytwilliams · Nov 24, 2015

OK, I added 6 more gallons of cider,aerated a lot, added yeast nutrient and yeast. will advise in about a week.
thanks for the help.

shoytwilliams · Nov 30, 2015

Great news! I added more cider, aerated a lot and added new yeast before leaving town for the holidays. Came home to find the yeast had worked down to where it was ready to be transferred to air lock.
good taste too. Thanks so much for your help.