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Too increase alcohol content in wine... is it just a case of increasing Stuart and yeast to give a higher ABV?

I was under the impression they had to be used to stop any further fermentation in the bottle?

Thanks. How can you be careful with it? As in adding it slowly or less of it?

Added these to my lovely rhubarb wine which had a loverly pink blushould colour to it. The second they touched the wine the colour changed to a off yellow and fits not look good at all! Did I do something wrong?

This is clearly a more complicated issue than I thought! As this is my first batch of wine (by the way this batch is elderflower, I'm only really doing foraged fruits) I think I'll bottle it and have a hazy wine! Next year I'll make 2 batches and have one as a sacrificial bentonite batch! I...

So I've decided to wait until tomorrow to add the bentonite! How much bentonite would people recommend to add to 10 gallons of wine? It's looking good and smelling good just cloudy. .. don't want to ruin it at this stage!

It's a white. Why don't you add it to a red?

It looks like too much! It looks like grey sewage water! Some one please tell me is safe to add to wine!

About to use bentonite for the first time instructions on bottle say 1 rounded teaspoon per gallon (I'm doing 10 gallons) mixed in Half a cup of water or wine. So I did 6 teaspoons in 3 cups of water. Not really sure I want to add this to my wine! !!!! It looks horrendous! Stressing! !!

The yeast is very cheap and one packet says for 25litres so what ever I didn't use just got binned I want sure about storage or how long it could be stored. I was wondering if you could add too much yeast or too little for that matter! Any thoughts?

http://www.farminmypocket.co.uk/featured/elderflower-wine-recipe this is the recipe I followed. I have racked it a couple of times and it has had Campden and stabalising agents added. The recipe says it should start to clear by 2 weeks but could take longer. I'm approaching 2 weeks now and...

Thanks wasn't sure. That's what I put in. Thought I'd double check to see if it was the right thing to do!

I'm trying to make about 10 litres of wine. The yeast I have says for 25litres do i still use all of it or approx half?

It hasn't been bottled yet. Is due to be bottled this weekend. But don't want to until i have the issue cleared. .. pun intended. :-)

Hi. I'm new to wine making and it have 2 batches on the go elderflower and rhubarb. The elderflower finished fermenting so it added Campden tablets and a stabaliser. The wine has been sitting in a dark place for almost two weeks and hasn't cleared at all. I'm not sure what the issue is that...