Something odd has happened: I made (or rather am making) a Selection International Gwertztrimner kit. Now, in retrospect, I admit that I was a bit too hasty stabilizing and clarifying this wine. (SG 0.996) I am new at this after all. Any way, I stabilized using the metabisulfite and the sorbate that came with the kit, degassed and clarified the wine, and I followed the instructions religiously. I decided to leave it in the secondary for a month or so before I bottled it. Now, I swear, I really swear that the fermentation lock on the secondary was absolutely flat during the period it was clarifying. And clarify it did, beautifully I might add. After it had clarified I racked it off about 6 days ago, and decided to leave it in the secondary for about a month or so before I bottled it.
Just this evening, I went down stairs, and something caught my eye: The fermentation lock burped. I said to myself, this cannot be, but I stayed and watched it. Sure enough - very slowly, fermentation lock is bubbling - therefore, I can only assume fermentation has begun again.
I guess the only thing to do is to watch it carefully and see where it goes from here.
Has this ever happened to anyone here? What can I expect to happen?
Abby