Greydog
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My friend has 5 gallons of peach wine that has been clearing now for about 60 days. He used K-sol and Chitosan as fining agents and degassed thoroughly. The wine is still somewhat cloudy but appears clearer at the upper 1/4th of the carboy than the lower 3/4th's. This indicates to me that the wine is clearing, however very slowly.
We did a pectin haze test using 3oz of Methylated Spirits and 1oz of wine. No stringy, snotty like stuff formed but the wine did in fact appear more cloudy and we could see what looked like sediment suspended in the glass that was not visible before.
How long does it take for the spirits to react with the pectin? We only waited about 3 minutes each time but we tried the test twice with the same results so I just blamed it on slow clearing peach wine. I discounted a starch haze as he used nothing to cause that.
We did a pectin haze test using 3oz of Methylated Spirits and 1oz of wine. No stringy, snotty like stuff formed but the wine did in fact appear more cloudy and we could see what looked like sediment suspended in the glass that was not visible before.
How long does it take for the spirits to react with the pectin? We only waited about 3 minutes each time but we tried the test twice with the same results so I just blamed it on slow clearing peach wine. I discounted a starch haze as he used nothing to cause that.