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Theres flakes in my wine :(

Started by Pint-a-water, July 27, 2013, 09:59:55 AM

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Eoin

Quote from: deadman1972 on July 28, 2013, 10:07:00 AM
Quote from: Eoin on July 27, 2013, 03:39:52 PM
How long is your primary?

I suspect you are not racking to secondary or even more, am I correct?


Try racking after a 1-2 month primary to glass under airlock for 3-4 months and then rack again, each time you rack it'll clear a bit and lose some sediment, by then time you bottle there should be very little yeast left in suspesion and fermentation should be well and truly over. Add a half a campden tablet to the wine to soak up oxygen and prevent oxidation each time you rack.

Was about to bottle my "inmate" wines this weekend, had the 30 bottles all sterilised and all but i never thought about adding a campden tablet :o Thanks for the tip off Eoin, how long does that take to work ?

I'd not do it straight before bottling as the sulphate will stay in the bottle and not have a chance to blow out the airlock with time, this ends in headaches.  If you want to filter it, then do that, add campden, then let sit  under airlock, then bottle. Sitting under airlock is essential to rid yourself of said same Campden.