Hi everyone, first time winemaker but brewed lots of beer.
I have finished fermenting my 1 gallon Young's peach wine kit. Per the instructions I added the stabiliser pack, took a gravity reading, and added the finings pack.
The instructions say to "agitate the container" at least 6 times over the next 24 hours to assist with clearing. I assume this is the degassing part of the process.
I'm not sure what this actually means though - from a beer brewing background the concept of shaking / oxygenating the fermented beverage is something you would never do.
Do they mean to "gently swirl the container to minimise oxygen exposure" or do they mean to "shake it blind and give no thought to oxygen getting in the wine"?
And one more question if I may.
The kit says that fermentation is done when it's under 1.004 for 2+ days. I finished at 1.002 which seems in the expected range. Then they go on to say that you can sweeten if you want to 1.004 - 1.010 using their sweetner. Seems weird that they first say that gravity needs to be under 1.004 then tell you to sweeten it but don't provide any sweetener in the kit. I was just going to skip the sweetning since I don't want to wear an extra courier charge - unless this is setting myself up for failure.
Thanks
I have finished fermenting my 1 gallon Young's peach wine kit. Per the instructions I added the stabiliser pack, took a gravity reading, and added the finings pack.
The instructions say to "agitate the container" at least 6 times over the next 24 hours to assist with clearing. I assume this is the degassing part of the process.
I'm not sure what this actually means though - from a beer brewing background the concept of shaking / oxygenating the fermented beverage is something you would never do.
Do they mean to "gently swirl the container to minimise oxygen exposure" or do they mean to "shake it blind and give no thought to oxygen getting in the wine"?
And one more question if I may.
The kit says that fermentation is done when it's under 1.004 for 2+ days. I finished at 1.002 which seems in the expected range. Then they go on to say that you can sweeten if you want to 1.004 - 1.010 using their sweetner. Seems weird that they first say that gravity needs to be under 1.004 then tell you to sweeten it but don't provide any sweetener in the kit. I was just going to skip the sweetning since I don't want to wear an extra courier charge - unless this is setting myself up for failure.
Thanks