I have 5 gallons of peach wine in secondary. It was started on 1 July 2011 so it's only 2 1/2 months old. I racked it today and took a hydro reading. I almost lost the hydrometer cause it went so low.
I won't really be able to tell when I have several days of the same gravity reading in order to tell if fermentation has stopped due to not being able to read the hydrometer. The hydrometer says to bottle when it dips below the red line and it was WELL below it.
My concern is that it's only 2 1/2 months old and that seems really early for fermentation to be close to done. I tasted it and it was extremely tart with no trace of a sugary taste so I'm guessing that most of it is gone. There was a good 3/4" of leeds on the bottom of the carboy.
Any ideas?
I won't really be able to tell when I have several days of the same gravity reading in order to tell if fermentation has stopped due to not being able to read the hydrometer. The hydrometer says to bottle when it dips below the red line and it was WELL below it.
My concern is that it's only 2 1/2 months old and that seems really early for fermentation to be close to done. I tasted it and it was extremely tart with no trace of a sugary taste so I'm guessing that most of it is gone. There was a good 3/4" of leeds on the bottom of the carboy.
Any ideas?