My tea wine is ready to bottle. I have no idea what posessed me but I figured I'd try to get it a bit more clear as it had a few floaties but the clarity was great. I mixed up some gelatin finings and poured in it late last night with the intention of bottling tonight or tomorrow. When I poured in the gelatin it looked like I poured milk in. Today my clear wine looks like crap, all milky looking and hazy.
Gelatin finings ruined my wine?
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CandleWineProject
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Is it one of those instantaneous things, or does it take a week or two to work?
meading_of_minds
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I just read on another site:
"DO NOT use more finings than the instructions on the bottle say to use. Too much, and the gelatin will stay suspended in the wine instead of sinking. The result is a cloudier wine than before the finings were added. Go through the fining process twice rather than using double the quantity."
— Roxanne's Wine Making Glossary
Maybe that is what happened to your wine. Maybe you could try this:
KIESOLSOL: Soluble Silica Gel
The site said that this gets used in conjunction with gelatin for haze. You do the gelatin first and then this stuff. I have no idea if that will work or not because I have never used either product.
"DO NOT use more finings than the instructions on the bottle say to use. Too much, and the gelatin will stay suspended in the wine instead of sinking. The result is a cloudier wine than before the finings were added. Go through the fining process twice rather than using double the quantity."
— Roxanne's Wine Making Glossary
Maybe that is what happened to your wine. Maybe you could try this:
KIESOLSOL: Soluble Silica Gel
The site said that this gets used in conjunction with gelatin for haze. You do the gelatin first and then this stuff. I have no idea if that will work or not because I have never used either product.
OHIOSTEVE
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nope usd what was called for....still looks like I poured milk in it.
OHIOSTEVE
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hmmmmmm maybe you are onto something. I steeped 60 tea bags to make the 5 gallons. is there ANYTHING That I can do to clear this back out? It was stupid to put it in in the first place as the wine was clear.
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Try chilling it and waiting a week or two. That should help everything fall out and settle again.
OHIOSTEVE
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thanks yoop.. I can always count on you for answers
Hi, did waiting a week or two help? I ended up with the same problem with my strawberry wine. I read somewhere to add the higher recommended quantity to make the pectic sink. Since I made mine with fruit and it was kind of thick I used the highest recommended dose. It worked wonderfully for the pectin - I now have an almost one inch think
layer of gel at the bottom, but my wine is all cloudy now
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