Help with the Orange Wine --- SOS
Started the wine with Jack Keller's Orange Wine 2...
8 Med oranges - Cut the peel and pith and removed the skin and blended / hand crushed the juice
1/4tsp tannin
2.5lb sugar
1lb 7oz banana - To be peeled and simmered for 30 minutes and juice added to must.
1lb raisins per gallon
Papaya peel for pectic enzyme - Works good!
Boiling water was added to Oranges and Raisins.
Made a mistake with the sugar and the SG shot up like crazy... I had the SG at 1.22 for 5 ltrs!! Now I have added more oranges viz.
totally used 31 oranges
1.4kg of banana
750 gms of Raisins.
The total quantity of the must is 11.75 liters and the
SG is 1.082.
The recipe however does not resemble keller's anymore! Can anyone tell me if what I have is good or should I adjust? I want a wine with an ABV of 14% the current one would get me to around 11% So should I add the sugar as banana juice? Also I dont feel much acidity right now had added like A tablespoon of lemon juice... the must tastes sweet... the only thing that stands out is the orange flavor and sugar. Plan to add orange zest when I move to secondary.
Today is my day 1... Pls pls let me know what I should / not do....
Started the wine with Jack Keller's Orange Wine 2...
8 Med oranges - Cut the peel and pith and removed the skin and blended / hand crushed the juice
1/4tsp tannin
2.5lb sugar
1lb 7oz banana - To be peeled and simmered for 30 minutes and juice added to must.
1lb raisins per gallon
Papaya peel for pectic enzyme - Works good!
Boiling water was added to Oranges and Raisins.
Made a mistake with the sugar and the SG shot up like crazy... I had the SG at 1.22 for 5 ltrs!! Now I have added more oranges viz.
totally used 31 oranges
1.4kg of banana
750 gms of Raisins.
The total quantity of the must is 11.75 liters and the
SG is 1.082.
The recipe however does not resemble keller's anymore! Can anyone tell me if what I have is good or should I adjust? I want a wine with an ABV of 14% the current one would get me to around 11% So should I add the sugar as banana juice? Also I dont feel much acidity right now had added like A tablespoon of lemon juice... the must tastes sweet... the only thing that stands out is the orange flavor and sugar. Plan to add orange zest when I move to secondary.
Today is my day 1... Pls pls let me know what I should / not do....
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