Post F-Pack questions

[Goodfella]

Hello everybody,


With F-Packs made from fruit, I get alot of fallout. I am just wondering, and kind of thinking there might be alot of condensed flavor that gets racked off.


So.....After the addition of an F-Pack, is there any benefit to stirring the lee's later on?




My other question....


sometimes the sedimate from an F-Pack is really loose, and does not pack (My peach for example). Is there a trick, or a way of racking to leave that behind without loosing alot of wine?


My thought would be to filter it, But I have been told a filter is to polish your wine, Not strain sedimate.


Thanks for any advise or replies

 

[admiral]

Goodfella, I have never made an F-Pack. I have used a few commercial F-Packs (Island Breezing kits and Orange Chocolate Port.) Those packs were all clear (but thick) and I noticed no sediment. I also added the F-Packs after stabilizing. (Isn't that when you are supposed to add the F-Pack?) If so, why would there be any additional lees as there is no more fermentation?

I am no help to your question, but it brought questions to my mind. Thanks.

 

[Goodfella]

Admiral,


Yes you add the F-Pack after stablizing, So they do not ferment. But when you make them from fruit there is sediment that will drop. After you simmer the fruit down on your stove, and run it through a strainer, you still have a thick liquid that is not clear. You will cloud your wine when you put it in, and need to wait for it to clear again.

 

[Tom]

Adding a f-pac should be done after you stabilize and BEFORE you add clairifiers. One way to reduce sediment is to use a steam juicer. Or, if you can get juice of the wine you make you can reduce ...lets say 1/2 gal of apple juice to 1 quart and add to your apple wine.

 

[Waldo]

You might try straining the f-pack through some panty hose like materialbefore adding it to your wine

 

[Tom]

That will work as long as they are clean and sanitized. Even this will give you cloudy wine just less sediment. I use Isinglass to clear.

 

[admiral]

Thanks, I understand.

 

[intoxicating]

Any problems with pectin haze on the juice reduction? It would seem to me that cooking the juice down would concentrate the pectin and you might need to add pectinaise to the j-pack.

 

[Tom]

Whats a "J" pac? LOL
Yes I would add some and add the F-Pac before you clear.