So I have been slowly working my way through the beer and wine making process. I started several years back with my father in law making blueberry wine. I have been making very drinkable fruit wine that turns out in under a year. Not hard to sit and figure out what worked and what doesn’t.
Fast forward. I have a batch of Cab Sav from a kit (don’t recall the name) that has been sitting for just over two years. Taste great, clean, crisp, nice mouth feel, no off flavors.
After that batch I attempted my first fresh juice kit. I followed a similar process, but I lacked a bigger grasp. That first kit was a Malbec, which was racked 3 times with Camden tablet addition for each racking. It’s been in the bottle for about 4 months after bulk aging for 1 year. I tried it the other day and man, it didn’t taste good. The taste was off, it had a almost acidic taste and left an unpleasant lingering feel.
I’m concerned because now I’m into another juice go around, and I feel like I’m
Missing more of the process. Any good books out there, or inexpensive testing systems I should be considering? Can I do ph/ta adjustments after primary fermentation. So many questions and almost don’t even know what to start asking.
— I did have three beers before writing this, please excuse my grammatical errors.
Fast forward. I have a batch of Cab Sav from a kit (don’t recall the name) that has been sitting for just over two years. Taste great, clean, crisp, nice mouth feel, no off flavors.
After that batch I attempted my first fresh juice kit. I followed a similar process, but I lacked a bigger grasp. That first kit was a Malbec, which was racked 3 times with Camden tablet addition for each racking. It’s been in the bottle for about 4 months after bulk aging for 1 year. I tried it the other day and man, it didn’t taste good. The taste was off, it had a almost acidic taste and left an unpleasant lingering feel.
I’m concerned because now I’m into another juice go around, and I feel like I’m
Missing more of the process. Any good books out there, or inexpensive testing systems I should be considering? Can I do ph/ta adjustments after primary fermentation. So many questions and almost don’t even know what to start asking.
— I did have three beers before writing this, please excuse my grammatical errors.