Not racking into secondary

[RedneckEngineer]

I am wondering what happens if you do not rack wine into secondary. I started some strawberry wine, but I have not gotten to rack it yet. I am now wondering if it is even worth trying because it has been two months.

The first week I stirred daily then things happened that it sat for two months in primary. I just opened it today to look inside. It smells rather strong, like liquor, but I did not taste it. It has been under airlock the entire time.

Any information would be useful as I can find information on secondary but have yet to find any on primary.

 

[stru]

You'll probably want to go ahead and get it off the dead yeast, strawberry pieces, etc. Leaving it on for the whole time can adversely affect the flavor. I usually rack my fruit wine two or three times before bottling

 

[jensmith]

Rack it and tast it. Its worth trying before just dumping it!! Chances are good that it is just fine. If it is just a little off tasting age may work wonders. You will probely want to add a campton tab when you rack it as well. ( one per galleon, or the eqilivalent in powder).
Did you start with juice or fresh fruit?


Sent from my iPod touch using Home Brew