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I bottle when I can read newspaper print through it.

How long before this is drinkable? Bottled today was nice and clear, but did not taste good. Seemed pithy. Hope this mellows with age.

Thanks for the input. Guess i wont add anything

I have read that adding bananas or raisins during fermentation will add body to wine. How much of either or both should be added per gallon? Doing a pinot noir from concentrate from home winery. Any opinions are appreciated.

I added sorbate waited a couple days then backsweetened. this not happened to me before either. can I add clearing agent after backsweetening? thanks for the quick response.

I used simple syrup to sweeten and it seemed to make the wine cloudy. Did I screw something up? How long should it take to clear again?

Has anyone tried this with white grape cherry welchs. All i have is lalvin 71b. Thoughts around this.

Could be. What was your starting gravity and what is it now?

Will the fruit drop at that point? Sides of the jug has some stuff on it where may be difficult to read newspaper through it ever. Just wondering. Thanks again for the responses.

Thanks for everyones responses and suggestions. It seems that stirring with the coper pipe for 10 minutes eliminated the smell.

I am a newbie to jaom. Started a batch about 2 months ago. Fruit has not dropped yet. I guess it needs to clear more? Is this like wine where u should be able to read print through it? Getting anxious to bottle and taste.

Makes sense thanks for the quick responses.

Will that start fermentation again as they are normally Sweet wines?

Any thoughts on topping up a muscat concentrate? Done fermenting. Bought muscat concentrate and dont want to sweeten yet as it is not clear. Thanks in advance

Smell is worse tonight, so the original smell does not seem to have improved.

I splash racked 4 times last night and it seemed to help, but this morning the smell came back some. Is it OK to splash rack few more times?

I transferred to carboy today and boy it has a rotten egg smell. It has completed fermenting. Do I have anything to worry about?

Whoops I messed up 25911+3 = 25914

+3 =25765

I made a simple syrup for my gooseberry wine tonight. The wine turned out good if i say so myself and my wife. My question about the syrup is, will it keep if i put it in container, i made entirely to much of it to use in one sitting. Any suggestions and responses are appreciated. Happy...