Wine Making: I have a 5 gal Carboy with a touch of mold on top, can it be saved/used and how?!


Question:

Wine Making: I have a 5 gal Carboy with a touch of mold on top, can it be saved/used and how?

Hi

I made wine from crushed grapes Zinfendel, its 2+ years old with an air lock. Would have thought it impossible to get mold but there it was and I personally can taste it.

5 gallons is 30liters which is a lot to waste, but dont want to get sick


Answers:

Are you SURE it is mold? If the alcohol developed properly I agree with you that it should not be possible, especially if you have kept the airlock filled. How many times has it been racked? Did you rack it recently? If so, you may have a bit of yeast floating or some very fine bubbles have formed on top. I thought bubbles were mold on one of my batches of beer.

Bert


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