Very new to wine making. Working on my 4th And 5th batches now. Both are plum wine from my prune plum tree. Batch 4 is five gallons. Crushed the plums and removed skins and pits. Pulp and juice went into primary. When ready to put in secondary I ran it through a course filter (I was afraid to go too fine and risk losing my yeast), so I have a lot of pulp in secondary that needs to settle out. I plan on using a fine filter when I rack it.
Batch 5 is three gallons, put in primary same way as batch 4. Can I skim off the cap that forms during primary fermentation? It is about an inch thick and appears to consist mostly of pulp. Also if I strain out a lot of the pulp between primary and secondary, will I lose my yeast?
Thanks for the help. Al
Batch 5 is three gallons, put in primary same way as batch 4. Can I skim off the cap that forms during primary fermentation? It is about an inch thick and appears to consist mostly of pulp. Also if I strain out a lot of the pulp between primary and secondary, will I lose my yeast?
Thanks for the help. Al