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Added stabiliser during bottling - is this a bottle bomb ?

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Andyox

Andyox

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Hi,

Hope someone can advise here -
I've just bottled some red and white wine, it had had the stabiliser sulphite and sorbate in for a week (it was a kit, followed instructions etc), but for some mad reason just before after bottling, I added about 1/4 of a teaspoon of stabiliser to each bottle, then corked them.

I think sulphites produce gas, have I just created 12 bottle bombs ?

Ironically, I added a bit of stabiliser after adding the kit stabiliser last week in the demijohn to avoid bottle bombs, as this I say first bottling its glass bottles and corks.

Thanks for any advice


Cheers

Andy
 
I shouldn't expect the volumes of gas produced by said reaction will be enough to pop your bottles.

If you've stabilised as much as you say, tasting it is the only fear I'd have.
Good luck. I think you'll be quite safe.
 
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