Berry454
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- Feb 2, 2021
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I started with a Range MYO white wine kit. Added some extra sugar and swapped the yeast for EC-1118. Decided not to add the oak chips as I wanted to make a sparkling wine similar to Prosecco so light in colour.
I fermented this kit from 1.103 to 0.998 and added stabiliser and finning A and B after degassing. Left for a week until clear.
Added to a keg and despite most people telling me it wouldn’t work to counter pressure bottle fill at such a high psi, I carbonated the keg to 65psi.
I then used a Keg King Ultra counter pressure bottle filler to fill directly from the keg into champagne bottles.
This part of the process actually worked really well. You have a window of about 3 seconds between removing the counter pressure bottle filler and the entire champagne bottle emptying its contents all over your ceiling. I only lost 2 bottles out of a 23 litre batch so I considered this a success!
Popped one of the bottles and it’s sparkling wine for sure. That actually tastes amazing! Though my issues start here. It’s more like champagne rather than Prosecco. MUCH darker In colour than Prosecco and again more like champagne.
I like it the way it is though my girl prefers the more lighter colour and texture of Prosecco overall. So I’m going to have another try at the process using a different kit! The MYO white wine really have a lot more body and colour than I originally realised.
Can anyone recommend me a different white wine kit which is VERY light in colour. I mean a light straw, almost completely transparent wine.
Can anyone comment on how light In colour the following kits are.
Solomon Grundy Pinot Grigio
Solomon Grundy Chardonnay
Cantina 5 day Italian white
On the house Pinot Grigio
Any other tips or advice on how I can better improve this process would also be most helpful.
I fermented this kit from 1.103 to 0.998 and added stabiliser and finning A and B after degassing. Left for a week until clear.
Added to a keg and despite most people telling me it wouldn’t work to counter pressure bottle fill at such a high psi, I carbonated the keg to 65psi.
I then used a Keg King Ultra counter pressure bottle filler to fill directly from the keg into champagne bottles.
This part of the process actually worked really well. You have a window of about 3 seconds between removing the counter pressure bottle filler and the entire champagne bottle emptying its contents all over your ceiling. I only lost 2 bottles out of a 23 litre batch so I considered this a success!
Popped one of the bottles and it’s sparkling wine for sure. That actually tastes amazing! Though my issues start here. It’s more like champagne rather than Prosecco. MUCH darker In colour than Prosecco and again more like champagne.
I like it the way it is though my girl prefers the more lighter colour and texture of Prosecco overall. So I’m going to have another try at the process using a different kit! The MYO white wine really have a lot more body and colour than I originally realised.
Can anyone recommend me a different white wine kit which is VERY light in colour. I mean a light straw, almost completely transparent wine.
Can anyone comment on how light In colour the following kits are.
Solomon Grundy Pinot Grigio
Solomon Grundy Chardonnay
Cantina 5 day Italian white
On the house Pinot Grigio
Any other tips or advice on how I can better improve this process would also be most helpful.