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 Post subject: Potassium sorbate how much?
PostPosted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 5:47 pm 
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Have just done my first gallon of wurzle's orange wine and am about to stop fermentation and rack into different demijohn,
how much potassium sorbate do I add with the camden tablet?
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Half a teaspoonful to the gallon.


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I normally just use a campden tab - haven`t had any problems so far - what does the potassium sorbate do?
Most of quick wines get drunk pretty quickly :whistle:

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I normally just use a campden tab - haven`t had any problems so far - what does the potassium sorbate do?

When racking, most yeasties are already dead or dormant and are falling to the bottom of the jar. It only needs a few survivors and if there is any sugar left or if you add any more to back-sweeten a wine before bottling, those yeasties would multiply to give you a bottle fermentation. This could be desirable if you wanted a sparkling wine, in the same way that you would prime a beer to get a fizz. A campden will finish off most of those who are just sleeping. Sorbate will prevent any survivors from reproducing.


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