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Sweet! Thanks for the advice. I will give it a try with the filter and see what happens. I really like that idea

Would you bottle it?

I was thinking something like that, some kind of residual but, being a beginner I just don’t have the experience to make a sound judgement on it. I was trying not to be too worried and be cool about it and failing miserably! My poor baby wine!

It’s been aging for a little while. A couple months now. Fermentation totally done,

I really hope somebody sees this

So I have two gallons of the same batch of grapefruit wine. One has developed a peculiar white ring at the top of the wine where it terminates in the neck of the jug. Anyone seen this before? Should I be concerned with it? Is it just some residual fermentation? I ask because the other is clear...

i really want to thank everyone who responded and helped me work my way through my hang up with some good knowledge! I have learned so much and this was a wonderful introduction. Im so glad I joined the message board!

I think I will go bottle hunting!!! Plus I have about 6 lbs of frozen repberries and I’m going to try my hand at an actual wine made from fruit this weekend! I just can’t get enough!

Yes this makes a whole lot of sense. Thank you for taking the time to really explain your points. Trying to navigate my way through my first wines has been challenging. I got a lot of great advice here and I am glad I reached out and joined the forum. I racked into gallon jugs with air locks and...

Well I don’t want to do that then! I racked it into smaller jugs and I’m letting it sit in a slightly warmer room

I put almost a gallon of water extra into this disaster sooooo, probably gonna need some sweetening. Its alright though it’s my first batch. If it doesn’t melt the glass or kill me im happy

That’s good info, I will read up on it. Im going to rack to smaller Carboy

Thanks! Im not looking for a quick drinker myself, I’m enjoying the process, im in it for the education. Im going to keep working with it, im going to rack into smaller car boys with some k meta and see what happens! How do you feel about topping up with something like grapefruit juice after...

I had made another post, and I was looking for some feedback. It is at the end of the thread. I did pick up K meta but I haven’t done anything yet. Im reading.

So I have equipment to rack to and I have about a 1 inch pile of Lees on the bottom. I want to just rack it and see if fermentation restarts or if it’s really done. If so then perhaps I will sweeten or maybe just bottle it. However given the warnings about oxygen I am tempted to just throw it...

At this point and with what I’ve been told here? I think I’m just going to try and back sweeten it a bit and then bottle. What did you recommend adding before I do? K-meta? What is that?

Im really just trying to figure out what to do next, as I think I said earlier, I was just surprised that fermentation was done and I wasn’t sure what to do next, I wasn’t prepared to bottle yet because I didn’t think fermentation would got so fast. It was week and half at most.

To be honest it isn’t super clear here either. I had added the pectin enzyme early on but I wonder if I should have cooled it more.

I think I will move it somewhere warmer, sweeten it a bit and stir it up and see what happens. Thanks for the tips! I guess this is the point right? Try stuff and see what happens... The basement is heated but it’s still winter in Wisconsin!