Beaverdale California White

[brewjohn]

Hi all, I have made a few of these but the last three have caused me problems. Once fermentation is over and finings etc added it clears fairly quickley but a fluffy white loose deposit settles on top of the yeast at the bottom 0f my jar. No matter how careful it gets picked up by the syphon tube and I end up racking a second time and might only get as little as 4 bottles after what is lost. Would I be better not adding finings and let it clear naturally ? Any one else had this problem. All other makes I have done have just left a firm deposit of yeast behind

[crafty john]

I brew a lot of wine kits, Kenridge classic are my favourite, if I am not in a rush I just add the metabisulphite and don't bother with the potassium sorbate and isoclear, leave in a cool place for a few days and it clears perfectly well, I have had a few kits that leave the fluffy white residue but I brew 30 bottle kits so the slight loss isn't a problem but if you are doing the 6 bottle kits I would do exactly what I have described above to save loss.

[brewjohn]

thanks for that . I think I will go along those lines. Leave out the sachets supplied and add a campden tablet and let it clear on its own in good time.

[crafty john]

thanks for that . I think I will go along those lines. Leave out the sachets supplied and add a campden tablet and let it clear on its own in good time.

Just add the potassium metabisuphite that is supplied instead of campden tabs, no point wasting it.

[avtovaz]

is there a problem with the white bits?

I brewed some pedo greacio recently and that has some quite big bits in the bottom, when i pour it, i filter it with a kleanx tissue!

Im not dead yet.

[brewjohn]

No problem with them and the wine tastes fine. Its just they start to come up the syphon pipe when i end up leaving too much behind if i want a clear wine.I will try it with out finings next as I believe they do give a loose fluffy deposit. if that fails will invest in a filter.( I had a Boots one years ago but someone threw it out when I packed up brewing for a few years !!) Just done a Beaverdale barolo and this has a nice solid yeast pan at the bottom and was easy to syphon.

[crafty john]

No problem with them and the wine tastes fine. Its just they start to come up the syphon pipe when i end up leaving too much behind if i want a clear wine.I will try it with out finings next as I believe they do give a loose fluffy deposit. if that fails will invest in a filter.( I had a Boots one years ago but someone threw it out when I packed up brewing for a few years !!) Just done a Beaverdale barolo and this has a nice solid yeast pan at the bottom and was easy to syphon.

I find that youngs wine finings in the orange packet with part a and part b are really good at clearing wine vary quickly, I always have some in stock just in case. Under a quid a pack too.

[KevP]

is there a problem with the white bits?

I brewed some pedo greacio recently and i filter it with a kleanx tissue!

Im not dead yet.

[avtovaz]

is there a problem with the white bits?

I brewed some pedo greacio recently and i filter it with a kleanx tissue!

Im not dead yet.

well im on bottle 12, and im still alive, and still using the tissue technique ...



tastes really nice, brewing the Hillman Imp Californian now...