morning jolly brewers out there I just racked off a gallon of plum wine after it stopped fermenting, the hydrometer reading is 990. I wood like a medium sweet wine in the end do I sweeten now or l8r please??? thanx E :thumb: :
medium sweet wine please
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Hi Molly,
Thanks for reply, im all new to this cheers emma,
Just a few quick questions ....
I want a approx 15% medium sweet plum wine ... to confirm after fermentation as finished, re rack into another DJ add a camden tablets and potassium sorbate (how much?) then add around 4oz (110g) of sugar to bring it back to medium-sweet.
Do I then re add a airlock?
What do i do next ... leave to clear or re-rack every 30-45 days etc. Do i need to add any further camden tablets etc when bottling?
Really need your help. : : :thumb:
Thanks again emma
Thanks for reply, im all new to this cheers emma,
Just a few quick questions ....
I want a approx 15% medium sweet plum wine ... to confirm after fermentation as finished, re rack into another DJ add a camden tablets and potassium sorbate (how much?) then add around 4oz (110g) of sugar to bring it back to medium-sweet.
Do I then re add a airlock?
What do i do next ... leave to clear or re-rack every 30-45 days etc. Do i need to add any further camden tablets etc when bottling?
Really need your help. :
: :thumb: Thanks again emma
:shock: (checks trousers, finds everything where it should be :thumb: ).emmaann17 said:
Correct :thumb:emmaann17 said:
If you want to back-sweeten you need to stabilise first, otherwise there will still be enough yeasties to get their party started again.
1 crushed campden tablet to the gallon followed by half a teaspoonful of sorbate. Re-fit airlock,, or you can buy âsafety bungsâ (but I don't possess one). Don't use solid bungs, just in case.
If you're leaving it to clear naturally, rack again after a month or so, using another crushed CT. I probably wouldn't rack again but would bottle after another 2-3 months.
moley, can you get potassium sorbate from wilkinsons?
does your plum wines come out nice then moley?
is it really important to add potassium sorbate?
I just watched a you tube video, this guy didnt add anything and left it 7 months too clear - how mad hey!!!!
thanks for all your help.
emma
does your plum wines come out nice then moley?
is it really important to add potassium sorbate?
I just watched a you tube video, this guy didnt add anything and left it 7 months too clear - how mad hey!!!!
thanks for all your help.
emma
. . . must bottle the wine soonYou can buy sorbate from Wilkinson's, it might be labelled as âwine stabiliserâ.
My plum wines usually turn out nicely and I tend to make 5-10 gallons a year, plus a similar volume of damson.
If you want a dry wine you don't need to stabilise. If you want to sweeten it you do, or risk popped corks and exploding bottles. You use non-fermentable artificial sweeteners but I wouldn't recommend that.
My plum wines usually turn out nicely and I tend to make 5-10 gallons a year, plus a similar volume of damson.
If you want a dry wine you don't need to stabilise. If you want to sweeten it you do, or risk popped corks and exploding bottles. You use non-fermentable artificial sweeteners but I wouldn't recommend that.
