earthkitten
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Hi folks,
Any advice would be appreciated:
I have been making red wine from fresh, probably 'wild' grapes on my property, and using a very old recipe. The recipe is in the 'Wine Recipe' section if you need to have a look; it's entitled "Ghetto Wine"....hehehe.....
According to this very vague, weird recipe, my wine should be ready to bottle by now. I've followed it as best I could. However, it still smells slightly yeasty, and has fine, white foam/bubbles in it. It smells quite sweet, and good....but I just don't know if it's ready to bottle. How do I know? Unfortunately I do not have any testing equipment...and even if I did, I doubt I'd know what to do with it!
Should I taste it? I haven't so far. I've got it fermenting in sanitized white buckets (4) and I've strained the wine through cheesecloth twice already. I stir it every second day, and skim it. It's got quite a bit of sugar in it (recipe called for equal parts juice, sugar, and water) and it's been about 13 days since I added the yeast.
I am going to post a pic of it ASAP, which I hope helps.
Thanks for reading!
Earthkitty
Any advice would be appreciated:
I have been making red wine from fresh, probably 'wild' grapes on my property, and using a very old recipe. The recipe is in the 'Wine Recipe' section if you need to have a look; it's entitled "Ghetto Wine"....hehehe.....
According to this very vague, weird recipe, my wine should be ready to bottle by now. I've followed it as best I could. However, it still smells slightly yeasty, and has fine, white foam/bubbles in it. It smells quite sweet, and good....but I just don't know if it's ready to bottle. How do I know? Unfortunately I do not have any testing equipment...and even if I did, I doubt I'd know what to do with it!
Should I taste it? I haven't so far. I've got it fermenting in sanitized white buckets (4) and I've strained the wine through cheesecloth twice already. I stir it every second day, and skim it. It's got quite a bit of sugar in it (recipe called for equal parts juice, sugar, and water) and it's been about 13 days since I added the yeast.
I am going to post a pic of it ASAP, which I hope helps.
Thanks for reading!
Earthkitty