Frjen Senior Member Joined Mar 31, 2013 Messages 122 Reaction score 4 Mar 6, 2017 #1 My potatoe wine is now finished but it is a too bitter/sour. What should I do ?
wineforfun Still Trying To Make The Perfect Wine and Now Tryi Joined Nov 5, 2012 Messages 2,707 Reaction score 898 Mar 6, 2017 #2 Finished meaning? SG below 1.000? Is it degassed? Has it been backsweetened?
cgallamo Senior Member Joined Aug 3, 2016 Messages 271 Reaction score 91 Location Dawsonville Georgia Mar 6, 2017 #3 Welcome Dan Quayle! I like DJ's questions. Also is it in bulk or in bottles? What is the smell?
JohnT Senior Member Supporting Member Joined Feb 9, 2010 Messages 10,073 Reaction score 5,971 Mar 7, 2017 #4 A dose of sugar may help with the sourness. You may want to consider adding sorbate, then back-sweetening.
A dose of sugar may help with the sourness. You may want to consider adding sorbate, then back-sweetening.
Frjen Senior Member Joined Mar 31, 2013 Messages 122 Reaction score 4 Mar 8, 2017 #5 SG is below 1.000 and it has been degassed. It is in bulk. I will try sorbate and sugar. How much sugar pr. liter ?
SG is below 1.000 and it has been degassed. It is in bulk. I will try sorbate and sugar. How much sugar pr. liter ?
H Hoxviii Junior Member Joined Mar 6, 2017 Messages 48 Reaction score 12 Mar 9, 2017 #6 Frjen said: SG is below 1.000 and it has been degassed. It is in bulk. I will try sorbate and sugar. How much sugar pr. liter ? Click to expand... to taste. draw yourself off a cup and start adding simple syrup or straight sugar. when it tastes good, figure out how much you put in the cup and extrapolate it for the size of your batch.
Frjen said: SG is below 1.000 and it has been degassed. It is in bulk. I will try sorbate and sugar. How much sugar pr. liter ? Click to expand... to taste. draw yourself off a cup and start adding simple syrup or straight sugar. when it tastes good, figure out how much you put in the cup and extrapolate it for the size of your batch.
Whitehrs Junior Member - the new guy.. I'm learning, and ex Joined Mar 19, 2016 Messages 175 Reaction score 43 Mar 10, 2017 #7 Chill for a bit.. age, back sweeten, bottle. I know I'm new, but isn't that procedure?