Welches grape

[Honda88]

Every time I try to do it and think maybe it won't this time. It does lol.

you need to consider fermenting your wine in the bucket until it calms down and then transfer over into the carboy. Just curious what is the air temperature in the room that is in??

 

[Ridenour64]

75 + or - I usually don't pay too much attention to temperature. But that was the most explosive fermentation I have ever seen. And I do have a fermentation bucket. But I'm just not a big fan of plastic because I hate having to worry about scratches and stuff in the bucket. I'm gonna have to start tho because that turned into a mess

 

[Arpolis]

I don't use buckets. What I have started doing is using a 2 liter or 1 liter plastic bottle to hold some of the must before I pitch the yeast so the carboy has plenty head room. After fermentation dies down I top up with the plastic bottle of must which has been chilling in the fridge up to that point.

 

[Ridenour64]

Arpolis, I actually thought about doing that, but in the end decided not to. I wish I would have tho.

 

[jak1010]

I went out and bought the energizer and earl grey tea. I can't wait to get this batch going. I've made a few batches using only 2 concentrates / gallon and I haven't really liked them. So I'm
Excited for this batch. I think It'll fit my taste a little more.

Did you use 4 cans? What flavor?

 

[Ridenour64]

Did you use 4 cans? What flavor?

I used 4 cans/ gal. But made a 3 al batch so I used 12 cans. I used welches frozen white grape and peach. Smells great so far!


My fermentation took off like crazy but didnt really last too long. There hasn't been any activity what so ever in the carboy for the past few days.

 

[Arpolis]

I remember fermentation did not last long at all with this recipe. Another friend that did this said his main fermentation was only a few days like 5 or 6. I think last I paid attention to it it was about 8 or 9 days for me.

 

[Ridenour64]

I remember fermentation did not last long at all with this recipe. Another friend that did this said his main fermentation was only a few days like 5 or 6. I think last I paid attention to it it was about 8 or 9 days for me.

Started mine on July 25th put in my fridge 2 weeks later and has been there ever since.

The wine has not cleared yet tho. Do you recommend
1 leaving it where it's at until it clears
2 rack it ( would prefer not because I only have 1 three gal and don't wanna go to bucket then back in, that's bad isn't it?)
3 using pectic enzyme or something else.

 

[Kdog22]

Give it some time, it should clear on it's own. You don't HAVE to rack it if you don't want to but I would recommend it. You can rack it into a bucket and rack back into the cleaned primary vessel. Just have to be careful to siphon and be gentle with it. (as in don't pour from one to the other) To help avoid oxidation. Should be fine to do that, IMO.

 

[Ridenour64]

So I bottled this today. The peach aroma is still there, but the flavor is kinda watery. Alcohol content seems low. Is it because I just bottled it? Will time help? I followed the recipe correctly. But I never took gravity measures.

 

[lookingup24]

Any idea on the OG for 4 cans of concentrate per gallon... i can't find concentrate around here just the bottles already mixed. Trying to figure out how to get close...

 

[Arpolis]

When I make white grape or white grape peach wines with 4 cans of concentrate the gravity ends up at about 1.08.

 

[osilee]

When I make white grape or white grape peach wines with 4 cans of concentrate the gravity ends up at about 1.08.

I am using this to create a starter for my first Skeeter Pee and was wondering what the F.G of the finished White Grape Peach ends up. My O.G was 1.075 and just looking to see when this is done so I can prep for Pee.

Secondarily, will cold crashing the gallon hurt the starter when I pitch to SP? Should I allow the lees to warm or just dump it in to the SP pre-mix?

First time doing this so just wanted to confirm steps.

 

[Arpolis]

I cold crash the gallon and the morning I go to siphon off the clear wine I just set it on the counter and rack that night so it is all room temp. This wine can be clear and done fermenting in as little as 2-3 weeks.

 

[Ridenour64]

Arpolis, after sitting In the bottle for a week or so the flavor seems a lot better. Definitely drinkable at this point. How does this stuff age tho? Does it drastically improve? What's the longest you've aged a bottle of this?

 

[Arpolis]

Funny it doesn't last long in my home. It does get smoother and the flavor improves with time but I think my oldest bottle has made it to almost 3 months. I need to do a serious 3 - 5 gallon batch some time and hide some bottles. My problem is that I have only made this in one gallon batches.

 

[lookingup24]

So I sampled this tonight, 4 weeks from when I started(2 weeks fermentation, 2 weeks in the fridge) and over all i wasn't disappointed, but I have a distinct rotten egg smell. Any idea if this will go away over time, or if there is anything else i can do. Used staggered nutrients and fermented at right around 70°.

 

[winenoob66]

So I sampled this tonight, 4 weeks from when I started(2 weeks fermentation, 2 weeks in the fridge) and over all i wasn't disappointed, but I have a distinct rotten egg smell. Any idea if this will go away over time, or if there is anything else i can do. Used staggered nutrients and fermented at right around 70°.

Try tossing in a crushed Campden tablet. And wait a day or 2 to see if that helps.

 

[Arpolis]

Rotten egg smell is probably H2S a by product from many yeasts or SO2 which can also occur in many fermentations. Regardless there is too much sulfer in the wine so adding a Camden tablet (potassium metabisulfate) would not help. Do a little splash racking and mix in a little oxygen. That will help to dissipate the sulfer compound. Also taking a sanitized thick copper wire and mixing with that for a while I hear works as well.

 

[aboutlastnite]

I followed yoopers recipe to a "t", and it's only 2.5 weeks old. I cold crashed it a couple of nights ago, and I keep taking sneaking lil cups out, this is my first wine and I wanna see how it tastes. Tastes like a sangria, pretty tasty actually. My question is it is slight fizzy after a drink. I didnt stabilize or anything, is this cuz it is really not done? I'm not worried about it, just trying to learn about making wine.

 

[Arpolis]

That young there is probably still dissolved CO2 which is there just naturally from the fermentation process.

 

[jak1010]

Brought a bottle of this to a friends house for a gathering and the group really liked it.

It was in the bottle for about a month and had a little sediment on the bottom but, no off tastes at all. Good stuff. No one believed it was from store bought juice concentrate. Thanks for the recipe Arpolis.

 

[Arpolis]

No problem. Glad you had a good time with it.

 

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