Following Bobs no3 Kiwi fruit wine.
4lbs skinned kiwi fruit.
4 litres white grape juice.
1 tsp pectolase.
1 tsp bentonite.
1 vitamin tablet.
1 tsp yeast nutrient.
1/8 tsp tanin.
Cellar rats white wine yeast.
Kiwi's peeled and chopped up then frozen for a week,then thawed.
All ingredients added to bucket, sugar added to SG1090, (a bit high, never took account of the sugar in the fruit!!).
Acid lever checked,, 5 TA with Ritchie test kit.
Then 5mm sodium-met added and left for 24 hours.
Yeast started off in glass of warm water with tsp of sugar and 1/4 tsp of yeast nutrient, left for 1/2 hour then added to must...
Thats it for now apart from photo of yeast after 1/4 hour in the glass..
4lbs skinned kiwi fruit.
4 litres white grape juice.
1 tsp pectolase.
1 tsp bentonite.
1 vitamin tablet.
1 tsp yeast nutrient.
1/8 tsp tanin.
Cellar rats white wine yeast.
Kiwi's peeled and chopped up then frozen for a week,then thawed.
All ingredients added to bucket, sugar added to SG1090, (a bit high, never took account of the sugar in the fruit!!).
Acid lever checked,, 5 TA with Ritchie test kit.
Then 5mm sodium-met added and left for 24 hours.
Yeast started off in glass of warm water with tsp of sugar and 1/4 tsp of yeast nutrient, left for 1/2 hour then added to must...
Thats it for now apart from photo of yeast after 1/4 hour in the glass..
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