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Ok thanks for the replies guys, looks like i am getting some pectic enzyme then.

Thanks for the reply tony, i will look into getting some tartaric acid, it seems a lot more flexible when it comes to wine making.

A lot of recipes when it comes to fruit wines require you to add pectic enzyme to the fruit to break down the cell walls in the fruit releasing more flavour and preventing a pectin haze etc but if you are using fruit juice and fruit juice concentrate do you still need to add the enzyme? It seems...

Thanks for all the replies everyone, i have bottled the wine now and there was no issue with the wine in regards to turning into vinegar, i tried it and if anything its is lacking in acidity, it taste a bit watery and flat. When I took the F.G of the wine it was 993 and the O.G was about 1.090...

I added sodium metabisulphate and potassium sorbate to my wine after fermentation had ceased, it is currently in the fining stage at the minute but I am concerned that the wine is going to turn to vinegar, the plastic demijohn i am using isn't completely airtight according to the place i got it...

Ok will do tony, thanks very much for the help :)

When you say you can use a kitchen towel what do you mean? Sorry like i said i am relatively new at homebrewing so i don't know all the tricks etc

Oh yes good point, come to think of it I think the lemon was waxed, I might keep the film for now, I am using a plastic demijohn and according to the place I brought it from it is not completely airtight, so I might use the film to my advantage and let it act as an extra barrier to prevent the...

Hey Stevie123, yeah this is what I was thinking also, It certainly seems like it, but it is nerve-racking none the less. Thanks for the reply!

Hey everyone, I am new to this forum and a relative newbie when it comes to making my own alcohol. I am currently nearly finished creating Elderflower wine, it has fermented with a F.G of about .993. I added a campden tablet and potassium sorbate to the wine and it is now clearing, but I have...