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I have made an Elderflower Wine. This has now stopped fermenting and on racking off I checked the gravity (twice) and it was 0.086 which seems extremely low? I used Young’s all purpose white wine yeast. I am happy to back sweeten later after stopping but just wondering why it might have gone...

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Sorry, I didn’t read your post right first time. I see what you mean about the co2.

Hi DavieC, Thanks for the advice. Is there a way to stabilise it to stop the chance of it going off without inhibiting the carbonation?

Many thanks for your input. I looked at various recipes and they used 3lb sugar to 8 pints water so I converted it to 6.5 lb for 10 litres. Confusing myself now, I think I actually used 6lbs 5oz. The amount of lemons varied a lot in different recipes. The rind was added to the flowers...

Thanks, fingers crossed.

That might be worth trying if it stops again, just checked and it seems to be bubbling a bit quicker now.

i have recently bought from Amazon as EC-118 but came in a different package which just said Lalvin Champagne, sparkling wine and cider and no use by date.

Hi, I am new to home brewing and would be grateful for some advice. I recently started an Elderflower wine and everything seems to be going well so I decided to have a go at Elderflower Champagne seeing that I had plenty of elderflowers and have been struggling with the ferment. This is the...