Speed of fermentation - Rose V White

[MrWoolf]

I was given a couple of 6 bottle Wilko kits to try recently and i kicked them off last friday night. Wilko Rose and Wilko Chardonnay.
The Rose had a SG of 1.112 wth 400G of sugar, the white had a SG of 1.090 with 450G of sugar.

Rose was giving off a bubble every 2-3 sec and the White one every 6-8 sec's, just topped up with 2 L of water in each and the Rose has gone nuts with a bubble through the air lock every 1/2 sec, while the white seems lazy, a bubble through air lock every 5 sec's ! Check out the amount of CO2 in the Rose compaired to the white.

Is this normal for Rose, higher sugar content to ferment so much more agressivly?

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I cannot comment on your two wines but i make all mine with the same amount of sugar and have never noticed one finishing much faster or being more vigorous than the other having said that anything made with orange juice goes off like a rocket and gives the lava lamp effect often discussed in the forum.

Lava lamp effect watch from 1:08 -


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[Jarvi]

I have had similar. My 1st brew was a peach wine, the 2nd Zinfandel, both fermented similar to your white. The last one is a black cherry which is going like a rocket. All 6 bottle kits.

 

[MrWoolf]

The rose has slowed right down to 1 bubble every 30-45 sec's and the white is still giving off a bubble every 10 sec's after 7 days Going to take a reading off the Rose tomorrow to see where its at.

Surely not a 7 day kit finishing fermenting in 7 days!

 

[Gunge]

The rose has slowed right down to 1 bubble every 30-45 sec's and the white is still giving off a bubble every 10 sec's after 7 days Going to take a reading off the Rose tomorrow to see where its at.

Surely not a 7 day kit finishing fermenting in 7 days!

Not being a kit-maker, do they not do what it says on the tin? My fruit juice wines take exactly that. Fermentation seems to come to an abrupt halt rather than tapering off and taking ages in the process.

 

[MrWoolf]

Not being a kit-maker, do they not do what it says on the tin? My fruit juice wines take exactly that. Fermentation seems to come to an abrupt halt rather than tapering off and taking ages in the process.

These are the 2nd and 3rd kits I have made so I'm no expert but thet all have taken more than 7 days to finish.

Taken a reading off the Rose and its down to 1.008 after 9 days, the White is still foaming away

 

[MrWoolf]

Little update -
Rose finished at 1.008 after 9 days - left it a for a another week but the reading didnt move, so racked off, De-gased and currently clearing - ABV should be 13.5% ish

Chardonay finished today at 0.994 - around 19 days fermenting - Stabiliser and finnings added, left to clear. ABV should be 12.2% - 12.5%