I've got a welch's raspberry concentrate that I just racked for the second time. The SG is at .995. The beginning SG was 1.085.
I tasted and I got a good raspberry flavor but it was very dry. I'm going to want to sweeten this up a tad I think, so I have a few quesitons.
At this point I should add sorbate and some kind of clarifier right? When you all talk of clarifiers, are you talking about Isinglass, or some other wine clarifying additive?
Should I sweet prior to this? When I sweeten should I just make a simple syrup or should I get some more raspberry concentrate?
I thought it would be smart to make a gallon to test this out, but none of my tools fit inside the bottles! And when if I take samples I loose so much that I've just taken to taking SG levels in the bottle! I've learned my lesson with making 1 gallon batches. Too much work for very little wine!
I tasted and I got a good raspberry flavor but it was very dry. I'm going to want to sweeten this up a tad I think, so I have a few quesitons.
At this point I should add sorbate and some kind of clarifier right? When you all talk of clarifiers, are you talking about Isinglass, or some other wine clarifying additive?
Should I sweet prior to this? When I sweeten should I just make a simple syrup or should I get some more raspberry concentrate?
I thought it would be smart to make a gallon to test this out, but none of my tools fit inside the bottles! And when if I take samples I loose so much that I've just taken to taking SG levels in the bottle! I've learned my lesson with making 1 gallon batches. Too much work for very little wine!