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Thanks! I used sparkolloid to accelerate clarification, so yes, I was filtering with the intention to bottle afterward. Because of the sanitizer though, I filled two single-gallon jugs instead. So, if I just wait for a few months, the wine will recover from the Star San?

I made a bit of a mistake last night when filtering my strawberry wine using my new Minijet pump setup. I ran 1gal of starsan solution through the Minijet first, then proceeded to run about 2 gallons of my wine through it, using a smaller container to catch the remaining starsan solution that...

Hey, all, I used sparkolloid to help clarify some made-from-scratch strawberry wine. This resulted in some EXTREMELY FINE sediment that apparently clouded the wine after the slighted agitation during bottling. Consequently, nearly every one of my 22 bottles has some very fine, yet obvious...

Thanks for the replies, this has been immensely helpful! In the interest of full disclosure, it was EC Kraus that advised sorbate after sparkolloid due to the sparkolloid compromising the sorbate's effectiveness. HOWEVER, they came back later with "Actually, I did some more checking and you do...

Hey Scooter, thanks. Unfortunately for me, I've already added the sorbate, and now I hear I shouldn't have done that until after the sparkolloid. I can wait, but my question is whether I need to add another dose of sorbate after I use the sparkolloid? I hear the sparkolloid can undo the affects...

"7. After sweetening, I plan to add sparkolloid and then bottle a week afterward, assuming clarity is achieved." I was told elsewhere that I should definitely NOT add clarifying agent after stabilizing as the clarifier would strip some of the K-sorbate out. That ship has sailed. Now, I was...

Figured I'd post an update to see if I got any more of this exceptionally helpful feedback. 1. Racked into secondary carboy at S.G. 1.010 (incidentally, it only took 3 days to get here from 1.094. This was done through a nylon fermenting bag to catch the gross lees. I then squeezed these out...

So, knowing that I do have quite a bit of suspended sediment throughout the must, what should I do when I rack to the secondary? Should I pass the entire must through a strainer into the carboy to catch the big stuff and then wait for the smaller sediment to settle (will that ever happen)...

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Hello! I'm on my first make-from-scratch-batch of frozen strawberry wine and am a bit paranoid about stuck fermentation. I started with 18 lb frozen strawberries for a 5 gallon batch, which I partially crushed while in the primary fermenter. I read that leaving the pulp free in the must is...

Thanks! I was just paranoid about bacteria. It looked scary until I used a flashlight and it looked more like sediment.

Yep, just wrote it in wrong. Thanks, everyone!

Thanks! How long should I wait before racking? My plan was to give it two weeks, rack it off the sediment and bottle right then. However, I don't mind waiting longer if that's a good idea. I just don't want it to sit on that sediment too long, nor do I want to rack it too soon (losing the...

Hello! First post here, first wine making experience. I'm using a Fontana fruit wine kit and am now waiting for fining/clarifying agents to take effect prior to bottling. Starting SG was 1.072 and finish was 0.992. I racked the 6gal from primary into a 6gal and a 1gal carboy for finishing up...