My third batch of wine

[wkingsnorth]

I am doing my third batch of wine. It is Pomegranate Wildberry Zinfandel by Orchard Breezin. Just stabilized it and added the clarifier. This batch actually fermented properly unlike my second batch. I used tap water this time. I have a well, but I have a whole house filter. Last batch I made with water I bought in the store. It may have been distilled, not sure. Anyway, so far so good. The gravity is .996, it started out at 1.060.

 

[Boatboy24]

Glad it's going OK. If using store bought water, use spring water instead of distilled. My understanding is distilled water lacks minerals that the yeasties need.

 

[bkisel]

Best of luck with your latest and all future wine batches.

My local home brew store recommends spring water even over my very good well water. The first two batches I made were with my well water and they came out just fine. For my third batch I switched to spring water.

 

[wkingsnorth]

Best of luck with your latest and all future wine batches.

My local home brew store recommends spring water even over my very good well water. The first two batches I made were with my well water and they came out just fine. For my third batch I switched to spring water.

I read that well water is not good for making wine, however mine is filtered so it should not be an issue.

 

[bkisel]

I read that well water is not good for making wine, however mine is filtered so it should not be an issue.

Going forward my plan is to use spring water.

 

[GaDawg]

If you have made wine using your well water and you like it, then use it