dunleav1
Well-Known Member
Hi.
I'm making two grape wines (1 white, 1 red) from Italian juice this year.
I have a process question that I'm hoping to get some input on.
I have both my wines (1 white, 1 red) in 6 gallon buckets with a loose fitting lid.
I dosed them day one with potassium metabisulfate to kill the wild yeast.
Then used go ferm to hydrate my dried yeast and pitched day 2.
I fed the must day 3 with fermaid K.
I fed the must when I hit 1/3 sugar depletion with fermaid K.
It been so long since I made wine from juice, I don't remember what is recommended. I've read recommendations to rouse and not rouse the yeast off the lees with a stir. I have a degasser.
What do people recommend for juice?
I've made wine from cherries, blueberries, raspberries. I always use a bucket with loose fitting lid, punch the cap down until fermentation slows, then transfer to a carboy and top up with water or juice to the carboy neck and age to clarify.
Thanks.
I'm making two grape wines (1 white, 1 red) from Italian juice this year.
I have a process question that I'm hoping to get some input on.
I have both my wines (1 white, 1 red) in 6 gallon buckets with a loose fitting lid.
I dosed them day one with potassium metabisulfate to kill the wild yeast.
Then used go ferm to hydrate my dried yeast and pitched day 2.
I fed the must day 3 with fermaid K.
I fed the must when I hit 1/3 sugar depletion with fermaid K.
It been so long since I made wine from juice, I don't remember what is recommended. I've read recommendations to rouse and not rouse the yeast off the lees with a stir. I have a degasser.
What do people recommend for juice?
I've made wine from cherries, blueberries, raspberries. I always use a bucket with loose fitting lid, punch the cap down until fermentation slows, then transfer to a carboy and top up with water or juice to the carboy neck and age to clarify.
Thanks.