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== | === Results === | ||
The wine is good, a tiny bit more sour than I'd like. I back-sweetened just a little. My original numbers were quite a bit off. I ended up needing 6 bottles of juice for 5 gallons. It made 21 bottles, but I also spilled a lot in the process (and drank a bit at various stages). I think 5 gallons should make 24 bottles. | |||
UPDATE: After the wine sat for a few weeks, the sour mellowed out quite a bit. It's pretty good now, on par with a cheap bottle. | |||
Still, it was about $30 for the juice, negligible for the rest; $1.50 / bottle is pretty good. I'm looking at wine kits that run ~$70, that will be about $2.30 / bottle. | |||
== Kits == | |||
These look good | |||
* http://www.northernbrewer.com/master-vintner-winemakers-reserve-cabernet-sauvignon | |||
* http://www.northernbrewer.com/master-vintner-winemakers-reserve-malbec | |||
== Bentonite Clay == | |||
* | * 2 t clay | ||
* 1/2 C boiling water | |||
* 2 | |||
Stir and let sit at least 4 hours | |||
Mix 2T/gal into the wine and mix the wine every hour for a few hours. Be sure to have used a campden tablet to stop fermentation. This is also a good point to degas if you're doing that by hand. | |||
== Nylon Bag == | |||
The best use of the nylon bag for filtering is not to fill it up an let it drain, but only fill it about 10% and then slosh the liquid around inside. This is easier and prevents it from clogging. About every 3 cycles the bag needs to be flipped inside out and cleaned. | |||
=== | == Timing == | ||
=== Bottling === | |||
Cleaning 30 bottles took about 45, but there was a lot of labels, can do it in less than 30 if there are no labels. Bottling and corking took about 20 minutes each. | |||
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I want to try this approach to get started - it looks cheap and it's supposed to produce a pretty good wine.
http://www.michiganwines.com/buy-sell-grapes
http://www.klinekrestcertifiedorganicproduce.com/KlineKrestCertifiedOrganicSmallFruits.htm
http://www.winemakingtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=41825
Results
The wine is good, a tiny bit more sour than I'd like. I back-sweetened just a little. My original numbers were quite a bit off. I ended up needing 6 bottles of juice for 5 gallons. It made 21 bottles, but I also spilled a lot in the process (and drank a bit at various stages). I think 5 gallons should make 24 bottles.
UPDATE: After the wine sat for a few weeks, the sour mellowed out quite a bit. It's pretty good now, on par with a cheap bottle.
Still, it was about $30 for the juice, negligible for the rest; $1.50 / bottle is pretty good. I'm looking at wine kits that run ~$70, that will be about $2.30 / bottle.
Kits
These look good
- http://www.northernbrewer.com/master-vintner-winemakers-reserve-cabernet-sauvignon
- http://www.northernbrewer.com/master-vintner-winemakers-reserve-malbec
Bentonite Clay
- 2 t clay
- 1/2 C boiling water
Stir and let sit at least 4 hours
Mix 2T/gal into the wine and mix the wine every hour for a few hours. Be sure to have used a campden tablet to stop fermentation. This is also a good point to degas if you're doing that by hand.
Nylon Bag
The best use of the nylon bag for filtering is not to fill it up an let it drain, but only fill it about 10% and then slosh the liquid around inside. This is easier and prevents it from clogging. About every 3 cycles the bag needs to be flipped inside out and cleaned.
Timing
Bottling
Cleaning 30 bottles took about 45, but there was a lot of labels, can do it in less than 30 if there are no labels. Bottling and corking took about 20 minutes each.