Brendan O'Donohue
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Hello everyone from Ireland,
I'm brand new on here, so this is probably the first of many beginner questions coming your way!
I've just started with a basic wine kit and my first was a Beaverdale Cabernet Sauv.
It fermented fine, got to SG of .990 was racked once and stabilized/degassed before adding the kieselsol when it was left for 24hrs before adding the chitosan.
It's now about 5 to 6 days into the chitosan fining and if I tap a small bit off into a glass, it's still very cloudy. If I let it sit in the glass for a while and then swirl it, you can see the white deposit on the glass as it's settled.
Am I just being impatient because the instructions said 3-7 days to clear after adding the chitosan, or should I have started to see some more clarity by now?
Thanks!
Bren.
I'm brand new on here, so this is probably the first of many beginner questions coming your way!
I've just started with a basic wine kit and my first was a Beaverdale Cabernet Sauv.
It fermented fine, got to SG of .990 was racked once and stabilized/degassed before adding the kieselsol when it was left for 24hrs before adding the chitosan.
It's now about 5 to 6 days into the chitosan fining and if I tap a small bit off into a glass, it's still very cloudy. If I let it sit in the glass for a while and then swirl it, you can see the white deposit on the glass as it's settled.
Am I just being impatient because the instructions said 3-7 days to clear after adding the chitosan, or should I have started to see some more clarity by now?
Thanks!
Bren.