Hi:
Ran into some serious clogging during racking issues with blendered raisins
which kept clogging up the J-tube. My not very easy solution was to bend a fine mesh
strainer, then insert the racking tube tip into the strainer, then lowered both
into the wine. Had removed the floating raisins
with a strainer but there were still enough sunken raisin bits to keep on clogging.
Realize now when adding raisins why people use woman's nylons or paint straining bags for the easy removal before racking. I tried wrapping some cheesecloth around the racking tip but that clogged as well. Perhaps solution is to add the raisins whole so they all float but thought chopped raisins would make a better wine. Adding raisins to improve red wine kits is new for me so curious about other people's experiences/solutions.
Ran into some serious clogging during racking issues with blendered raisins
which kept clogging up the J-tube. My not very easy solution was to bend a fine mesh
strainer, then insert the racking tube tip into the strainer, then lowered both
into the wine. Had removed the floating raisins
with a strainer but there were still enough sunken raisin bits to keep on clogging.
Realize now when adding raisins why people use woman's nylons or paint straining bags for the easy removal before racking. I tried wrapping some cheesecloth around the racking tip but that clogged as well. Perhaps solution is to add the raisins whole so they all float but thought chopped raisins would make a better wine. Adding raisins to improve red wine kits is new for me so curious about other people's experiences/solutions.