Draittan
Fahad Draittan
Hello friends..
I live in a country where alcohol is prohibited in all its forms, and I used to travel every weekend to a country that is close to drinking wine, but with the Coruna Virus crisis it became impossible.
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So I decided to make home wine with my wife, and we searched for the best recipe, and after a long research we decided to make a very simple red wine made from grapes only.
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But I feel that we made a mistake and I hope that you tell me if there is any error, and I hope that you correct it please
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Ingredients:
1- red Grape 11 lbs
2- that's it
We squeezed the grapes well and did not add any yeast to it. We relied on the natural yeast that the grape contains, and we put grape juice with peels in a 4-gallon plastic container.
We closed the plastic container well .. and inserted a hose with it in order to release the carbon resulting from the fermentation process .. We drowned the second end of the hose with water to make sure of the bubbles that established the fermentation process began.
But after a day and a half, we did not see continuous bubbles indicating the success of the fermentation process. Rather, it released a bubble every two or three hours only, which makes me ask, is the fermentation process a failure? Or is it working?
And if it was a failure, then what is the reason? Should we have followed other steps? Did we simplify it to the point that it became ridiculous? Was the size of the plastic container large compared to the quantity of grapes squeezed in it, which allowed oxygen to enter and disrupt the clotting process?
I need a lot of education and I will work to gain experience so that I don’t have to travel in order to enjoy my time .. but the beginning was difficult
And thank you guys for interacting with me in advance.
I live in a country where alcohol is prohibited in all its forms, and I used to travel every weekend to a country that is close to drinking wine, but with the Coruna Virus crisis it became impossible.
-
So I decided to make home wine with my wife, and we searched for the best recipe, and after a long research we decided to make a very simple red wine made from grapes only.
-
But I feel that we made a mistake and I hope that you tell me if there is any error, and I hope that you correct it please
-
Ingredients:
1- red Grape 11 lbs
2- that's it
We squeezed the grapes well and did not add any yeast to it. We relied on the natural yeast that the grape contains, and we put grape juice with peels in a 4-gallon plastic container.
We closed the plastic container well .. and inserted a hose with it in order to release the carbon resulting from the fermentation process .. We drowned the second end of the hose with water to make sure of the bubbles that established the fermentation process began.
But after a day and a half, we did not see continuous bubbles indicating the success of the fermentation process. Rather, it released a bubble every two or three hours only, which makes me ask, is the fermentation process a failure? Or is it working?
And if it was a failure, then what is the reason? Should we have followed other steps? Did we simplify it to the point that it became ridiculous? Was the size of the plastic container large compared to the quantity of grapes squeezed in it, which allowed oxygen to enter and disrupt the clotting process?
I need a lot of education and I will work to gain experience so that I don’t have to travel in order to enjoy my time .. but the beginning was difficult
And thank you guys for interacting with me in advance.