WOW advice needed.

[Badseed1974]

First attempt at making wine and looking for a few pointers.

I put it all together a few weeks ago and it's still bubbling away, albeit a lot slower than it was. I decided to take a gravity reading today and it's currently at 0.98 ish and still very murky looking in the DJ.

Should I be looking to transfer to another DJ to stop fermentation and clear it?

Cheers!

 

[Chippy_Tea]

You need to rack it to a sterilized DJ onto a crushed campden tablet, degas, add stabilizer and if you want to drink it soon finings (i use KwiK Clear as it is fast and does a great job)

Ignore the part in the video where he says he is going to rack the now clear wine into another DJ unless you intend to bulk age it, i bottle it as soon as it is clear.

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJQQdkS0JAw[/ame]

 

[Badseed1974]

Cheers Chippy :)

How long should I leave the stabiliser for before adding finings?

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I add stabiliser, degas, then add fining, i have read some members leave a gap between stabilising and adding fining but i don't see any need.

 

[Badseed1974]

Another noob question :)

I went to Wilkos to pick a few things up today and I stupidly forgot to get Campden tablets

How vital is it that I add one before I rack n clear? Can I get away with leaving it out?

 

[Chippy_Tea]

You can leave it out but you run the risk of your wine spoiling, if you intend to drink it soon i wouldn't worry.

 

[Cqr]

You can leave it out but you run the risk of your wine spoiling, if you intend to drink it soon i wouldn't worry.

Hi chippy how many Camden tabs would you recomend for 27L wow
I'am going to use youngs staberlse to

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Its 1 to 4.5 litres so i would go with 6.

 

[Badseed1974]

You can leave it out but you run the risk of your wine spoiling, if you intend to drink it soon i wouldn't worry.

It's one DJ getting split 3 ways so I don't imagine it'll last long!

Cheers :)