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Default Is it possible to stop fermentation


"Colonel Blip" > wrote in message
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> I have read where it is possible to boil the grape must to make something
> akin to molasses and seal it


Boiling should pasteurize the juice and kill the microbes, but the character
of the fresh juice will be changed.

> (I suppose one could add something like
> potassium metabisulfite as well) and, since no yeast is added, could

prevent
> fermentation. Is this true?


Large quantities of potassium metabisulfite can inhibit fermentation, but
the quantities needed are so large the juice would not be useful for most
applications.

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