Herringgull1
Active Member
Im totally fed up today. started an elderberry wine a week ago, everything was going ok, plopping away every second until this morning. Last night i lit my fire and placed the dj on the hearth. The wine speeded up abit and was fizzing well until this morning when it was only plopping every minute or two. I decided to add some ground ginger to add some heat to the taste wich was very nice and now its gone dead! no plopping or fizzing so i added some sugar and gave it a good shake, still dead then my friend advised making up a yeast starter wich was great as i got it frothing then added it to the wine but 6hrs later its still flat and no action, what else can i do to get it going again? i dont own a hydrometer yet but surely it couldnt be finished after one week? all ive got is a very tasty wine but with no action now