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I wanted to ask all you more experienced wine makers if you always use a clearing agent, ie: Sparkloid, etc. or do you let your wine clear on its own?
I used Sparkloid on my Dragon Blood, per instructions, and it worked wonderful. I currently have some cran/rasp in a secondary and have racked twice, but not used any clearing. The recipe came from the book in my wine equipment I bought, and doesn't mention to clear it. It said to let it clear on its own. So that made me wonder what the pros and cons were of using a clearing agent or to just let it clear on its own. I assume some of the pros are a quicker clear which means a quicker wine. Not sure of any of the cons. Thanks for any help understanding this.
I used Sparkloid on my Dragon Blood, per instructions, and it worked wonderful. I currently have some cran/rasp in a secondary and have racked twice, but not used any clearing. The recipe came from the book in my wine equipment I bought, and doesn't mention to clear it. It said to let it clear on its own. So that made me wonder what the pros and cons were of using a clearing agent or to just let it clear on its own. I assume some of the pros are a quicker clear which means a quicker wine. Not sure of any of the cons. Thanks for any help understanding this.