Tinned Fruit wines

[Hippie]

Yep, time to rack off the fruit, but do not stabilize until the ferment is finished, below SG 1.000. As the fermentation slows, top up the demijon or carboy. Rack off gross lees and stabilize when fermentation is finished, then you can start the clearing process.

[yul]

Just tested the gravity again two days later and it's still at 1010.Does that mean its finished fermenting or does it ferment that slow. If it hasn't stopped can I sop it and keep it at that as wifey just tasted it and says its not to sweet.

[Ben]

You can stop it whenever it tastes right.

[yul]

So a couple of campden tablets then,I dont want to add sorbate as I read somewhere it adds off flavour to the wine.

[Mamgiowl]

If you like the taste then, yes, go ahead.

However 1 glug a minute does not means it's finished. The water in the air lock should equalise, or at least not move, and no glugs at all should be happening.

Leave it for a couple more days and see if it's bubbling - you can always sweeten it back up once it's finished.

[lockwood1956]

So a couple of campden tablets then,I dont want to add sorbate as I read somewhere it adds off flavour to the wine.

as Mamgiowl says
let it finish fermenting, you can back sweeten if you want later, trying to stop active fermentations can be tricky at best.
Sorbate will only add an off flavour if it is added without sulphite at the same time. and you cannot stop fermentation by adding campden tablets.

regards
Bob

[yul]

Thanks very helpful,just one more question for, sorry to be a pain but I have stabiliser in tablet form, each tablet contains 180 ppm, how many do I add per gallon.

[lockwood1956]

Not come across those, what do the instructions on the tub/packet say?

[lockwood1956]

Are they labelled as stabiliser or campden tablets?

180ppm?
that can only be measured once its added to something i think???

[yul]

Contains 30 tablets Potassium Sorbate 800mg. Each tablet provides 180ppm in one gallon . Add 1 or 2 Campden tablets immediately prior to use.

[lockwood1956]

then add 1 per gallon plus 1 campden tablet per gallon, once the wine has finished fermenting (same SG three days in a row, once below 1.000) and sweeten to desired taste

[medpretzel]

Contains 30 tablets Potassium Sorbate 800mg. Each tablet provides 180ppm in one gallon . Add 1 or 2 Campden tablets immediately prior to use.

??

Sorbate comes in tablet form?

I might be totally missing something here, but sorbate and campden are two different things.

[Duffbeer]

Yes both different, though the sorbate I buy is in powdered form, camden is sulphite (preserver) sorbate is fermentation stopper, never use sorbate without adding camden tablet (sulphite)

[yul]

Thanks guys & gals.

[lockwood1956]

Tinned strawberry

racked into 15 litre water bottle (from ASDA)