bama2112
Active Member
My first wine attempt, strawberry, 5 gallons. Stayed in primary for 6 days, transferred to secondary and it's been in there for 2 weeks today. As you can see from the picture, I have almost 3 inched of lees in the bottom, is this normal? There's no more bubbling going on so I think the fermentation is done, not keeping the lees suspended.
-I've read that if you have excessive lees, you should not let it sit on it, racking it immediately to keep from introducing a bad taste. True?
-When I removed the fruit bag, I squeezed it to get the juice out. Should I have only let it strain by gravity from the bag?
-Go ahead and rack it?
-With this amount of lees I'm obviously going to have an issue topping it off. Do they make a quality strawberry wine that I can use as a topper? I don't want to have to add Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill!!!
-I've read that if you have excessive lees, you should not let it sit on it, racking it immediately to keep from introducing a bad taste. True?
-When I removed the fruit bag, I squeezed it to get the juice out. Should I have only let it strain by gravity from the bag?
-Go ahead and rack it?
-With this amount of lees I'm obviously going to have an issue topping it off. Do they make a quality strawberry wine that I can use as a topper? I don't want to have to add Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill!!!