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Thanks. I will leave it until the bubbles stop and take a reading. There is a white foam within the brown sediment on top of the wine, do I need to worry about this? I racked the wine a few days ago and I used a crushed campden tablet, there is still some sediment left and now some...

I appreciate all of the responses but can someone tell me how long I can now leave it in the new demijohn now that I have racked it? Its still fermenting, I used caster sugar. Bubbling every minute. When I tasted it prior to racking it wasn't very alcoholic and had only been 1 week.

*Correction the bubbling is now every minute not every five minutes. Was every 30 seconds before. Chippy: Yes crushed one tablet, using a gallon jug but the wine takes up only half of the jug. Not used stabiliser, assuming the yeast will eat the sugar and stop when its done? How do...

Thanks. Just to update: I have racked the wine into a new demijohn and added a campden tab. The wine tasted very sweet and slightly alcoholic! The bubbles have now settled to one every five minutes as opposed to one every 30 seconds. How long should I leave it now? There is...

Thanks. I haven't yet got a tool needed to measure gravity so what is the old fashioned way of telling? Its 7 days are up this Thursday, I might go and buy a syphon tomorrow and rack it. When I add the campden tablet will this end the fermentation process?

Hi all, I'm part way through my first home brew, plum wine. I followed the following recipe: Clean the fruit. Throw out the bad bits Cut the plums into large pieces. Without the stones, squish the plums a bit with a potato masher or heavy spoon to bruise them. Boil 3.5 pints of...