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The is a little green spec floating around in my orange mead, I was wondering if this could be early signs of a bacterial infection. I figured that should leave it a few days to see if it grows. I used some juice from boiled raisins as a nutrient and there are loads of bits of raisins which...

The bottle will be topped up water and sugar. I will be adding a Campden tab after the first rack, will this be sufficient for k meta?

This sounds really interesting and I want to give it a go. There is an interesting vid on youtube (Wurzel's Orange Wine). Ingredients are as follows: 1 litre pure orange juice 1 Litre pure grape Juice 900g of ordinary sugar 1tsp pectolase Yeast Raisins (for use as nutrient) Tannin...

Hi, thanks for the reply. It has been in the bucket for about 4 days, the last of the finings went in today. I poured a sample into a glass and held against paper, but the wine is still too murky (I guess it needs to clear for your method to work?). Once again I had a cheeky taste and it...

Hi I bought a Beaverdale Shiriaz kit (30 bottles). I have been extremely thorough with sterilisation. Per the instructions I performed primary fermentation in a bucket provided and transferred to a fermenter when the gravity reached 1010 (down from 1075). After a couple of weeks (when the...