Raspberry question

[RkyMtnWine]

Preparing to do my first Kit.. WineExpert White Merlot. Will be following directions precisely. After reading step 3 (stabilizing and clearing). It brought up a question with my Raspberry/blueberry wine that is in the secondary now. On 12-4 I transferred it from the primary fermentor with sg of 1,030. Today the sg is 997, quite cloudy of course and small bubbles. This is a 3 gallon batch.. looking at the Kit instructions for step 3 it says to add metabisulphite and sorbate now... and degass.. plus with the F pack add the clarifier. Would i be wrong if i followed the kit directions for the Raspberry? the only clarifier i have is sparkolloid. Also have some bentonite.. (which was not added at the beginning). Thanks for any input you may give me.

 

[Scott]

RkyMtn,


if it has been the same sg of 997 for a coupla days then I would add the meta and sorbate and degass, it should clear on it's own. JMO


Good Luck

 

[Wade E]

I agree, adding the k-meta, sorbate and degas now. If you are going to sweeten this wine then I would also do that before adding fining agent.