Will need a little more information. At what temp was the wine when you degased? Did you degas? Did you add a fining agent or are you letting it clear naturally?Hi,
I am about to bottle my first batch of Vintners reserve Reilsling wine but its not clear and i have left it a further 7 days to clarify and re-sturred it.
Can anyone advise ?
Making the same kit and its clearing nicely at 72 degrees. Started it Feb 26.
Will bet its not degassed enough.. Took awhile to degass mine at 72 degrees..
Getting ready to filter and bottle this week. Its now all clear and calling my name Wife stole a sample the other day she is my version of a Wine ThiefJim, looks like you need to top off your carboy, I am new but think it needs to be up to 2" below the bung
tysfoot,
Don't worry so much about air getting into your carboy. Certain steps must be done that require removing the bung.
If you think you have degassed enough you should top-off the carboy to within 1-2 inches of the bung. replace the airlock, cover the carboy with an old towel or shirt, etc. and leave it alone for 1-2 weeks. At the end of 2 weeks it should be pretty much cleared. Now you either bottle or put it away to bulk age.
Good Luck, let us know how your doing.
LOUMIK
Hi,
I cant top it to within 2 inches of the bung because i had a little leaky accident out of my tap and ive slowly lost 6 litres a few weeks ago when it was locked in a cupboard
Ive still got 17 litres left, we learn from our mistakes
Do you think this is the reason why its not clearing to well ?
Also when i do a test in the bottle to sample the clearity, when i shake it there is alot of bubble or froth.
Should this froth when its cleared ?
What ive done now is ive vigoursly shaken it in my plastic carboy for 5 mins and kept the top on tight so no air can escape, (it was very frothy) the bung is kept on but like i said previously there is no longer a 2 inch gap, more like a 12 inch gap
Am i doing everything correct as iam so close to finishing this batch and then i can start on my second. its starting to fustrate my now as ive been waiting 4-5 weeks to clear
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