Strawberry cloudy. Should I worry

[Jboyles123]

I have 5 gal of strawberry I started 6 months ago. I have racked it once already, it had cleared nicely. I racked it again tonight, added kmeta and sorbate. I then added super kleer per directions and when I added the last part it turned super cloudy. It now looks like tomato juice. It had looked so clear prior to this. I guess I'm just looking for some reassurance. I hope it doesn't strip the color away, it was nice and clear and red.

 

[jamesngalveston]

wait 24 hours...if it has not cleared..gently shake the bottle and watch if any large particles fall, if so...let it be..it will clear.
if you had a device that could measure color, it would npt measure much ...i can not see a difference in color using are not using super kleer.. i love it.

 

[Deezil]

Just curious - what was the line of thinking to adding a fining agent to something that sounds like it was clearing nicely with time?

The cloudiness is probably just the finish agent distributing through the column of wine & it should go away as the finish agent falls to the bottom. I imagine, most times, wines are too cloudy already to notice the haze that the fining agents make when you use them.

The amount of time it takes, depends a lot on how much CO2 is left dissolved in the wine. Give it time..

 

[Jboyles123]

I've heard that strawberry wine tends to drop a lot of sediment, even after it seems clear. I was just trying to see if it would help.

And as an update, it indeed has cleared up a lot over the last several days. A lot of lees are now in there, I'm surprised at how much. It's almost as clear as it was before I added finings.

The color still looks great. I think I'm going to let it sit for a few more days, then rack it off the lees and age it for a few more months.