Greetings community!
Last July, I started my first batch of wine - a 5 gallon blueberry wine from about 20 lbs of blueberries. After about 30 days, in late August 2013 I had finished my secondary fermentation and transferred to my glass carboy for bulk aging.
Before I sealed it up last August, I added K-Meta, Sorbate and a small amount (72 oz) of blueberry concentrate - to sweeten somewhat and increase volume.
I haven't touched the wine in almost 250 days - since August 20th. Now I'm ready (hopefully) to bottle. Here are my questions:
The wine is NOT clear. In fact, it seems quite cloudy. I don't personally have a problem with this, it seems like wine made from actual fruit as opposed to fruit juice kits is more difficult to clear. I haven't added a clearing agent and I don't plan on to. Any problem with it being cloudy after all this time?
Also, do I need to add more K-Meta or Sorbate before I bottle?
What do I do if I want to sweeten the wine?
I've prepared the bottles tonight, they have C-Brite Sanitizer solution in them for the night. I'll give them a thorough rinse tomorrow before bottling though obviously.
Thanks in advance! This has been such a helpful and welcoming community!
Last July, I started my first batch of wine - a 5 gallon blueberry wine from about 20 lbs of blueberries. After about 30 days, in late August 2013 I had finished my secondary fermentation and transferred to my glass carboy for bulk aging.
Before I sealed it up last August, I added K-Meta, Sorbate and a small amount (72 oz) of blueberry concentrate - to sweeten somewhat and increase volume.
I haven't touched the wine in almost 250 days - since August 20th. Now I'm ready (hopefully) to bottle. Here are my questions:
The wine is NOT clear. In fact, it seems quite cloudy. I don't personally have a problem with this, it seems like wine made from actual fruit as opposed to fruit juice kits is more difficult to clear. I haven't added a clearing agent and I don't plan on to. Any problem with it being cloudy after all this time?
Also, do I need to add more K-Meta or Sorbate before I bottle?
What do I do if I want to sweeten the wine?
I've prepared the bottles tonight, they have C-Brite Sanitizer solution in them for the night. I'll give them a thorough rinse tomorrow before bottling though obviously.
Thanks in advance! This has been such a helpful and welcoming community!