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Food & crafts => Home brewing => Topic started by: bb41 on September 15, 2015, 09:55:19 pm

Title: Potato wine
Post by: bb41 on September 15, 2015, 09:55:19 pm

Anyone had trouble with potato wine,? I can't stop it blowing a gasket from the airlock

Title: Re: Potato wine
Post by: devonlady on September 16, 2015, 08:24:48 am

You could take out the airlock and cover the jar with muslin or a bit of thin cotton material until it's calmed down a bit.

Title: Re: Potato wine
Post by: cloddopper on September 17, 2015, 01:13:42 am

If the container is five gallons or less & you can manage to move it , put it somewhere a wee bit cooler and the fermentation should slow down .
 If it sticks & stops fermenting because it is too cold , . bring it back to the heated area again , after giving it a gentle stir/shake .

Once it gets going again move it back to somewhere not quite so cold .

Title: Re: Potato wine
Post by: bb41 on September 18, 2015, 12:06:34 pm

Done all the above and it's happily bubbling at an acceptable level  ;D

Title: Re: Potato wine
Post by: claire on September 19, 2015, 10:21:53 am

be careful drinking it.. it might blow your socks off.. lol