David219
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I need help...again.
Even with using a straining bag to hold the fruit in my first attempt at fruit winemaking, there is an awful lot of fluffy sediment in my must.
I racked out of the primary bucket into a three gallon carboy when the SG reached 1.010. I had around 2.5 gallons at the start, planning for two gallons of finished wine. There was easily 3/4 gallon of very loose "sludge" at the bottom of the bucket. I poured it through a funnel into a one gallon container. Both are now under airlock completing fermentation.
The three gallon carboy contains slightly less than two gallons of liquid, with 2-3 inches of this fluffy sludge at the bottom. The gallon container only has about an inch of clear liquid at the top...the rest is fluff.
Will this sediment compact with time and allow me to siphon off a majority of relatively clear liquid? If not, I might only get a gallon out of this...which seems unusual for having started with 16# of fruit. Can this be filtered? Would cheesecloth, like from Bed, Bath, and Beyond, work? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
Even with using a straining bag to hold the fruit in my first attempt at fruit winemaking, there is an awful lot of fluffy sediment in my must.
I racked out of the primary bucket into a three gallon carboy when the SG reached 1.010. I had around 2.5 gallons at the start, planning for two gallons of finished wine. There was easily 3/4 gallon of very loose "sludge" at the bottom of the bucket. I poured it through a funnel into a one gallon container. Both are now under airlock completing fermentation.
The three gallon carboy contains slightly less than two gallons of liquid, with 2-3 inches of this fluffy sludge at the bottom. The gallon container only has about an inch of clear liquid at the top...the rest is fluff.
Will this sediment compact with time and allow me to siphon off a majority of relatively clear liquid? If not, I might only get a gallon out of this...which seems unusual for having started with 16# of fruit. Can this be filtered? Would cheesecloth, like from Bed, Bath, and Beyond, work? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks!