What more will I need?

[OilnH2O]

As some may know, I've started some lilac wine. This past weekend our B.C. wine-buddy gave us about two gallons or so of frozen raspberries. Soooo...raspberry wine is coming up

BUT, while I have all the kit-wine stuff-- fermenters, carboys, etc. will I need to get into testing for and adjusting the acidity, free SO2, test for pH, etc? I have some pH strips but that's pretty loose in terms of measurements, I think. Just curious....

(And, if I should have asked this question in Fruit wines, go ahead andmove it!)

 

[masta]

The must haves for making fruit wine are an acid test kit, straining bag, yeast energizer, yeast nutrient, powder K-meta, and potassium sorbate. A pH meter is a nice to have but isn't absolutely necessary. The same goes for testing of free So2 as if you control(accurate measurement) how much K-meta you are adding then testing it isn't critical.


I would opt to spend some cash on a good gram scale to measure K-meta than buying a pH meter. I like some others don't care for campden tabs for various reasons and prefer to use powder K-meta.

 

[OilnH2O]

thanks, Masta.


I actually have almost all that stuff, except for the gram scale. I think that will top the list! THANKS!

Dave

 

[masta]

Dave,


Here is a link to where I purchased my scale. They discontinued selling the model I have but this one is almost the same.


[url]http://www.blackstonescale.com/scaledetails.asp?vend=21& ItemCat=POCKET&ProdID=Durascale-50&CAT=pocket [/url]

 

[OilnH2O]

Whoa! That's the price of half a good kit, or a low-grade kit! I was thinking about WalMart but maybe this would be the way to go for long-time, solid and dependable use.... Thanks for the link!

 

[paubin]

I use a postal scale that will give weights in metric and U.S.
measurements. It cost about $14 and also has a zeroing function so you
can get rid of the container weight and avoid that silly math stuff. It
has come in very handy. It is a Royal model ex3 postal scale.

 

[OilnH2O]

Good -- now I've got more choices -- now it's time for research! Thanks for the help