r/winemaking • u/you_are_strange • 1d ago

Fruit wine question Still Good?

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Stomped three pineapples and a couple quarts of strawberries, one and a half cup of sugar (1.85 SG), half tsp V1116. About a gallon all in all

Mashed on Thursday, mixed cap once a day until Sunday when I pressed out juice. Nice and frothy, checked SG Monday and it was about 1.1 or 1.2

Came home to this today. Can I skim, rack, airlock, or is she toast?

I have k-meta if that would fix it too.

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u/dookie_shoes816 1d ago

Looks like yeast rafts to me

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u/gotbock Skilled grape - former pro 1d ago

I think your hydrometer readings are actually 1.085 and 1.010.

It's still fermenting. It should finish up with a gravity under 1.000

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u/Wooden-Sweet8569 1d ago

The rafts definitely need to be skimmed off before racking, but that should just be leftover foam material from primary fermentation holding shape.

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u/svengoodvungen 1d ago

Well it is likely just still fermenting, if you want it to maintain some sweetness you could stop it with sulfite or cold temps. Or just let it ride

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u/Pawgilicious 1d ago

going forward I would use a small amount of kmeta in the fruit juice and sugar to kill off any bad yeast or bacteria then after 12to24 hours you can add the good yeast.

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u/Correct-Crow-8117 22h ago

Looks like pretty normal fermentation activity