Mallerstang
Let it go
I have a three-gallon batch of Strawberry wine that I started last June, from fruit (not a kit). So it's now been nine months, including three rackings, and it was almost clear but not quite - looked nice, but flashlight beam still visible. I used pectic enzyme at the start.
Six days ago I added bentonite. I mixed 2 tsp in half a cup of boiling water to make the slurry, let it sit a while, mixed it until smooth, nuked it a bit more to heat it up. Then I racked the wine, added 3 tbsp of the slurry, stirred it up good, and drank the leftovers from the racking
The bentonite has not all settled out after six days. The wine was almost clear and is now quite cloudy. Could this be due to not waiting long enough for the bentonite to rehydrate? Or could it actually take a couple of weeks?
Wishing I'd just bottled it, but I'm learning and experimenting so I wanted to see if it would help.
Six days ago I added bentonite. I mixed 2 tsp in half a cup of boiling water to make the slurry, let it sit a while, mixed it until smooth, nuked it a bit more to heat it up. Then I racked the wine, added 3 tbsp of the slurry, stirred it up good, and drank the leftovers from the racking
The bentonite has not all settled out after six days. The wine was almost clear and is now quite cloudy. Could this be due to not waiting long enough for the bentonite to rehydrate? Or could it actually take a couple of weeks?
Wishing I'd just bottled it, but I'm learning and experimenting so I wanted to see if it would help.