Need Advice with wine 1 variants

[Aussie67]

Okay.

I have a a pear wine that has stopped blooping and a rhuabarb wine that is still blooping; bearing in mind that i messed up a 'normal' wine 1in that a cork blew out and ahd to try and rescue the other 5 bottles - i need step by step guidance please.

Do i check the SG first? If so, what should it be for the pear wine and for the Rhubarb?

From then what is next? please don't just say follow the wine 1 due to the cock up with the basic.

On a better note just had a bottle of wine 2 made 3 weeks ago and very nice indeed if a little sweet.

Also where do you purchase your grape juice, blueberry juice and other juice as Asda only has non concentrate and the same for morrison's?

Sorry for all the questions but if I can get it right now then hopefully they will drop off.

BY the way I have loads of pear to juice anyone got any good variants to try?

Cheers

Oz

[kampervan]

sg to finish is.990 if below .995 and the same for 3 days you can pretty much say its finished. its the non concentrate but 100% grape juices people use. tesco 3 for £2 seems the best at moment asda 2 for £1.50. blueberry only seen as a juice drink about 35% i think.

[Aussie67]

So when at sg for 0.990 for 3 days rack into bucket. Add 5ml sulphite and rack back into dj. It should then clear. When clear rack back into bucket and degass adding 5ml sulphite before starting the degassing. Rack back into dj and topup with cooled boiled water. When clear 24hrs? then rack into bottles. If it hasn't cleared overnight use finings?

Have I got the above right?

Cheers and thanks for the patience.

One last question when checking SG do you just pour out of dj into reciving container where SG is checked?

Thanks in advance,

Oz

[kampervan]

use a turkey baster to get fluid from dj. once .990 its dry ie no sugar left rack off any lees. i then leave in dj with 5mm sorbate solution till it clears if not clearing in a couple of months use finings and once clear rack and then bottle.

[Richard S]

use a turkey baster to get fluid from dj. once .990 its dry ie no sugar left rack off any lees. i then leave in dj with 5mm sorbate solution till it clears if not clearing in a couple of months use finings and once clear rack and then bottle.

Sorbate is only required to be used if you are going to be sweetening the wine, if you do use sorbate, then sulphite must be used at the same time.

[kampervan]

whoops sulphide was what i meant, me bad.

[lockwood1956]

Moved this to the general winemaking area...



cheers me dears
Bob

[Crundy]

I always use sorbate anyway, because any popped corks or exploding bottles would make tehmizzus angry. Angry present wife = no homebrew

Yes, I know it alters the taste a little, but I feel it's a small price to pay.