So, I've been getting ready to bottle 2 - 3 gallon batches of pear wine I made last fall. Both were somewhat cloudy, so I tried various methods to get them to clear - added pectic enzyme and cold-shocked - and they both remained on the cloudy side.
Fast-forward to about a week ago, and I treated both batches with kieselsol and then chitosan, mixed well and let sit. Within a day, batch #2 looked great, while #1 actually looked worse.
I let both sit in my basement until yesterday. #2 still looked great, and I went ahead and bottled in the afternoon:
Not only does it look pleasant, it has a nice, fruity taste. It is quite dry, so some might have backsweetened, but I decided to leave it as-is. My plan is to sweeten batch 1 if I can get it to clear.
Batch #1 still looks cloudy:
Does anyone have advice on what I could do to clear it?
Fast-forward to about a week ago, and I treated both batches with kieselsol and then chitosan, mixed well and let sit. Within a day, batch #2 looked great, while #1 actually looked worse.
I let both sit in my basement until yesterday. #2 still looked great, and I went ahead and bottled in the afternoon:
Not only does it look pleasant, it has a nice, fruity taste. It is quite dry, so some might have backsweetened, but I decided to leave it as-is. My plan is to sweeten batch 1 if I can get it to clear.
Batch #1 still looks cloudy:
Does anyone have advice on what I could do to clear it?