Who's vinting?

[Kc_Kracker]

kennys brewery supply in kent. same road as winco 5 blocks west
 1 gallon bottles $3 each
 air locks $1.50
 chemicals $2
then just buy the juice

oops i meant to say LARRYS  Brewery supply
  7405 S 212th St # 103, Kent, WA 98032
(253) 872-6846

[Kc_Kracker]

ok so did alot of reading on jack kellers site, good info, but now its been down and i have some wine ready to bottle. so anything i need to do before i bottle and cork it? this will be our first bottled  its down to .999 SG and crystal clear 

[lokidog]

ok so did alot of reading on jack kellers site, good info, but now its been down and i have some wine ready to bottle. so anything i need to do before i bottle and cork it? this will be our first bottled  its down to .999 SG and crystal clear 

Leave it for another few weeks to make sure it is done working, or put it somewhere after bottling that a mess won't matter.     If you are in a hurry to drink it, you can rack it into a jar or decanter for now.  My dad had to repaint our kitchen once due to bottling some Welch's grape wine a little too soon.   

How's it taste and which one is it?

[snowpack]

So, have you built a wine cellar yet kracker? planning ahead...

[Kc_Kracker]

ok so did alot of reading on jack kellers site, good info, but now its been down and i have some wine ready to bottle. so anything i need to do before i bottle and cork it? this will be our first bottled  its down to .999 SG and crystal clear 

Leave it for another few weeks to make sure it is done working, or put it somewhere after bottling that a mess won't matter.     If you are in a hurry to drink it, you can rack it into a jar or decanter for now.  My dad had to repaint our kitchen once due to bottling some Welch's grape wine a little too soon.   

How's it taste and which one is it?

mango, it has not had a single bubble in the airlock for 3 weeks, so its spent 3 week clearing, its now crystal clear  tastes DAMN GOOD, so i assumed its done, i was worried about it restarting fermentation I keep reading about 

[Kc_Kracker]

Now that's clear! I got 1.5 gallons of this!

[lokidog]

That looks nice.  Three weeks, sounds good, bottle away and enjoy.

[Kc_Kracker]

1- what do i add to sweeten it a bit?
2-is there anything i ad before bottling?

[pens fan]

52 bottles made the other night. We didnt have enought bottles left to do the other 6 gallons of blackberry that's ready.

[pens fan]

Plus, we started a six gallon batch of mountain huckleberry, along a gallon of huckleberry brandy and two gallons of blackberry brandy.

[Kc_Kracker]

niiiiice 

[Kc_Kracker]

nevermind i got this 

I Put a dose of potassium metabisulfate to protect it. then added some sorbate to prevent any live yeast from starting to ferment the leftover sugars, just in case. then ill degas it to be sure, and shelf it 

[lokidog]

If you've added all those chemicals and still want to sweeten it, you can add sugar.  I think sugar gives a bit of an off taste and will usually add 7-up when serving to sweeten it.  I am going to try sweetening with corn syrup the next time I want to do this.

Next time, if you are willing to add the chemicals, just add them when the wine is as sweet as you want it to be and then let it settle and bottle.  I don't like the chemicals so most of my wines end up actually too dry for my tastes.

[Kc_Kracker]

do you do the degassing thing? seems like degassing would just make it flat but then again i really dont get that part and why

[lokidog]

Not sure what degassing is, all the CO2 should have bubbled out?