Hi all,
I am VERY new to wine making. It was a past time that my great grandmother loved and I recently inherited her recipes and equipment. I have made a carrot wine but used water which would have chlorine in it. Having read up on Campden Tablets I now realise I should have added one to the must before fermentation, or is it just to the water that I was using to make the must?
Also, my fermentation has been going on 14 days and when checking the specific gravity today it seemed to still be fizzing so I'm assuming it needs more time. The percentage is currently 9.9% so I'm planning on checking it over the next couple of weeks to see if the specific gravity changes. So far though, it tastes great - very shocked by this!
Any information on whether my batch will be ruined by the lack of campden tablet to start with would be much appreciated!
Also there is small bits of fruit still suspended I the mixture and it is cloudy, I know the campden may clear the cloudiness but I'm wondering what do people use to filter out the fruit residue?
Thank you in advance!!
I am VERY new to wine making. It was a past time that my great grandmother loved and I recently inherited her recipes and equipment. I have made a carrot wine but used water which would have chlorine in it. Having read up on Campden Tablets I now realise I should have added one to the must before fermentation, or is it just to the water that I was using to make the must?
Also, my fermentation has been going on 14 days and when checking the specific gravity today it seemed to still be fizzing so I'm assuming it needs more time. The percentage is currently 9.9% so I'm planning on checking it over the next couple of weeks to see if the specific gravity changes. So far though, it tastes great - very shocked by this!
Any information on whether my batch will be ruined by the lack of campden tablet to start with would be much appreciated!
Also there is small bits of fruit still suspended I the mixture and it is cloudy, I know the campden may clear the cloudiness but I'm wondering what do people use to filter out the fruit residue?
Thank you in advance!!