wine recipe pectin ingredient

[repton]

Afternoon folks,

We're going to try making a rosehip wine that we have a recipe for. One of the ingredients is "pectin enzyme". Is this the same thing as the "Pectolase" product that youngs sell?

Thanks in advance,
Paul

[fatbloke]

Pectolase is sort of generic branding for "Pectic enzyme". You might also see it labelled as "pectozyme".

Either way, it's all the same stuff....

oh, and it usually more effective if used in the must before fermentation i.e. cool the must to room temp or thereabouts, then add the pectolase. Heat kills it off/stops the reaction and if you added it to a fermented batch then if it says 1 tsp per gallon, then it's usually 2 tsp after the ferment, the 1 tsp recommend is for before the ferment. Hence it's cheaper to use it at that stage..

[repton]

Brilliant, that's just what I needed to know. I figured it was the stuff we wanted but didn't want to get the wrong stuff so thought it was better to ask.

Thanks a lot
Paul