lilvixen
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I have three 1-gallon jugs of peach wine in secondary. I used pectic enzyme and bentonite, which left a ton of sediment in the primary bucket. I should have tried to get more liquid during racking, but live and learn. I checked the jugs last night and noticed there's a decent layer of sediment in each jug. I'll probably rack this weekend or next, but I don't have anything for topping.
For batch consistency, I'll be combining everything into the primary bucket and re-distributing to the 1-gallon jugs.
Thoughts/experience/opinions please:
1. How long can/should I leave the jugs in secondary to let the lees compact more?
2. Can I pour the jugs over cheesecloth to get all possible liquid off the lees? Should I use a racking cane down to the sediment first, and then pour the remaining liquid over cheesecloth to reduce oxygen exposure? Should I add kmeta to the jug before racking?
3. I used two cans of white grape/peach concentrate, so I have some grape in the recipe, so topping up with a commercial white wine with peach in the description may work, yea? I have never had peach wine, so I doubt I'd notice if the flavor changed a bit.
I've considered glass marbles, but I think it would take too many. Likewise, racking to jugs smaller than 1-gallon, when it's just enough shy a gallon to be obnoxious seems like more work than topping up with commercial wine.
Thanks!
For batch consistency, I'll be combining everything into the primary bucket and re-distributing to the 1-gallon jugs.
Thoughts/experience/opinions please:
1. How long can/should I leave the jugs in secondary to let the lees compact more?
2. Can I pour the jugs over cheesecloth to get all possible liquid off the lees? Should I use a racking cane down to the sediment first, and then pour the remaining liquid over cheesecloth to reduce oxygen exposure? Should I add kmeta to the jug before racking?
3. I used two cans of white grape/peach concentrate, so I have some grape in the recipe, so topping up with a commercial white wine with peach in the description may work, yea? I have never had peach wine, so I doubt I'd notice if the flavor changed a bit.
I've considered glass marbles, but I think it would take too many. Likewise, racking to jugs smaller than 1-gallon, when it's just enough shy a gallon to be obnoxious seems like more work than topping up with commercial wine.
Thanks!