Ok all,
I played with my baby batches and drank them young just for the instant gratification, and to make sure I wasn't gonna get myself sick
So,
I bought a can of zinfandel concentrate, " Alexanders "
1 can,
enough water to make 6 gallons
and a care pack or chemicals from the store, tannin, emzymes and such.
I started this batch Jan 26,2008
It's primary ferment was done on FEB 15.
From there I let it sit till the 20th and did my first rack into two 3 gallon jugs with 1 tablet per gallon ofcampden.
On March 20, I racked it again back into the 6 gallon carboy with 6 campdens as well.
So now it has been silently sitting ever since. There are a few floaties in the bottle from the crushed campden, just a few small undisolved pieces, but no weird oilish haze in the wine, no spider webs, just a carboy of some super clear zin.
( I hope )
So with this amount of time, the co2 sould have worked it's self out by time, right ?
Now I want to plan on bottling it since the weather is getting a bit hotter these days and I am averaging 76 in the house.
Just rack it off one last time, add 6 more campden tablets and bottle ?
Just spent so long on this batch, don't want to mess it up.
And how could one REALLY tell if there is a issue with the wine ?
Thanks all.
I played with my baby batches and drank them young just for the instant gratification, and to make sure I wasn't gonna get myself sick
So,
I bought a can of zinfandel concentrate, " Alexanders "
1 can,
enough water to make 6 gallons
and a care pack or chemicals from the store, tannin, emzymes and such.
I started this batch Jan 26,2008
It's primary ferment was done on FEB 15.
From there I let it sit till the 20th and did my first rack into two 3 gallon jugs with 1 tablet per gallon ofcampden.
On March 20, I racked it again back into the 6 gallon carboy with 6 campdens as well.
So now it has been silently sitting ever since. There are a few floaties in the bottle from the crushed campden, just a few small undisolved pieces, but no weird oilish haze in the wine, no spider webs, just a carboy of some super clear zin.
( I hope )
So with this amount of time, the co2 sould have worked it's self out by time, right ?
Now I want to plan on bottling it since the weather is getting a bit hotter these days and I am averaging 76 in the house.
Just rack it off one last time, add 6 more campden tablets and bottle ?
Just spent so long on this batch, don't want to mess it up.
And how could one REALLY tell if there is a issue with the wine ?
Thanks all.