I'm making a high sugar wash that I plan to flavor afterward to make wine coolers. I want to get the alcohol % to around 17. I want to use 5 gallons of water, and about 7.5kg of granulated sugar. I've tried this recipe before using just 5 tsp of fermax yeast nutrient. It worked fine except it...
Yes Ive added some copper to it for H2S control. Not copper sulfate but just racked it through copper tube. I would like to know if there is an effective way to remove copper from it I've been told that activated carbon filtration will not work. I would also like to know if there is a way to...
Well the title says it all basically I wanted to know if there are any reliable ways to test for copper concentration in wine.I also read that gum arabic can be used to remove it, and would like to know if this is possible how exactly would I go about doing that. Thanks much in advanced!
Ya I'm gonna toss this batch out and make sure I put enough nutrients including dap in the next one and see about getting some ruduless to keep handy for next time thanks again for the replies.
Thanks a ton for the replies I think I'm gonna sterilize the copper tube I have and rack it through that. I would like to try reduless unfortunately I don't have a way to get it to me quick enough my wort needs treatment soon. Ill be sure to filter it through plenty of activated carbon afterword...
I did a 10 gallon sucrose wort that I plan on flavoring afterward to make wine coolers. Ive noticed that large volume sucrose washes fail because there isn't enough nutrients for the yeast to survive and reproduce properly so I used this stuff...