Skeeter Pee???

[PAwinedude]

Anyone have a tried and tested 6 gal recipe?



I see the original recipe calls for using the lees from another batch of wine as a ferm starter...



What is the method for removing the existing lees? Do you wait until
the existing wine is done fermenting and remove the lees from the
fermenter? Or do you extract/remove part of the lees from an active
fermentation?



Also, how much of the lees do you remove?

Any recommendations on other starters?



I would like to get a batch of this going for spring/summer.....



thanks in advance

 

[Joanie]

I've never heard of Skeeter Pee but it must take a whole lot of skeeters to have enough to make 6 gallons. =)

Actually you don't remove the lees. You rack the clear wine and leave the lees behind but you don't do that until your fermentation is done.

 

[xanxer82]

Lemon juice wine, very hard to start. You may want to use the lees of a white wine. Rack the white off the lees into a carboy and the leftover bits in the bucket should be active yeast. Add you ingredients to that and stir well. You may also want to add a yeast starter. The high acid from the lemon juice will make it a tough one.