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Mold - is my wine ruined?

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  • 01-10-2017 2:15pm
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    komodosp
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    I am brewing elderberry wine using the recipe at this site: https://honest-food.net/elderberry-wine-recipe/

    Anyway, for reasons I won't go into here, I couldn't add the yeast for 3 days, so I hoped the combination of hygiene, sugar and boiling of the recipe would keep the bacteria from taking over.

    However when I opened it up to put the yeast in, I found what looked like a tiny piece of mold floating on top, about 3-4 mm in diameter. I fished it out with a scolded spoon, but I'm worried that it's just the first signs of the bacteria hard at work - is the batch ruined? Is there anything I can do about it?


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    stecleary
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    pictures will help here, need to see it to see what its like


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    BeerNut
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    Or taste it. The only person able to judge if it's drinkable is yourself.

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    komodosp
    Registered Users Posts: 1,657 ✭✭✭komodosp


    BeerNut wrote: »
    Or taste it. The only person able to judge if it's drinkable is yourself.

    Sorry I threw out the little bit before talking a picture... a few days later and no more has appeared so I might have got away with it. Also, it seems to taste fine, but I would expect that (e.g if jam goes mouldy, it usually tastes ok after the mould is taken away)


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