Winenoob66
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But zombie yeasts are our friends
I just used Superkleer on my DB for the first time this weekend.
I know people will tell me that I have been using it all along with my kits, since it comes with the 2 parts, which when packaged together is essentially superkleer.
However I had a package and dropped it in and it was kleer the next day.
So much quicker than Sparkalloid.
So much more packed that Sparkalloid.
I was happy, I was thrilled
I did a snoopy dance!!!!!
Perhaps I'm naive, but I just use whatever the recipe or base recipe if I'm modifying someone else's recipe calls for.
Generally speaking, I use Sparkolloid, mainly because I'm primarilly toying with DB variants and frozen concentrate juice. It works fine, and I'm 100% pleased. though I have seen some of that "wispy settlement" in a few batches after sitting for a few months.
A few recipes I have used have called for Super Kleer such as Skittles, Blueberry, Candy Cane, and coffee. It totally freaked me out to check on the Skittles and the coffee batches an hour or so later, and seeing those clumps beginning to form and fall.
The typical dose for kieselsol is 1/4 oz for 5-6 gallons. Yes, that liter will treat about 135 six gallon batches, and should last you, like, forever.
Chitosan is used at a dose of 1 oz per 5-6 gallon batch of wine. That's about 33 doses in your liter.
So, you'll need four bottles of kieselsol for each bottle of chitosan. Assuming you are going to make 135 batches within the next few years.
The guy at my LHBS said the stuff doesn't expire. So I won't be buying any fining agents any time soon
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