Sour taste

[Katydid]

I am new here. I have started a blackberry wine that has turned out awesome so I am attempting a blackberry/apple wine now. I could not find a recipe that was 2.5 gal so I created my own. I am on day 4 of fermenting and now it's a little sour. Day three tasted good. Is there something I can do to eliminate some of the sour taste? Or, do I rack at 1.0 (day 5 probably) and let it age?

1.5 gal blackberries
.5 gal apples
3 Tbl lemon juice
5.25 pd sugar
campden
pectic enzyme
yeast nutrient
yeast

My starting SG was just under 1.10

 

[Julie]

the alcohol is going to be kinda high in this but if it has fermented dry, you might think it taste sour but it is just dry actually I think I would add some more apples or blackberries BUT no more sugar. does pd stand for pounds? that is a lot of sugar. Take a reading now and let us know where it stands.

When you are done fermenting you can backsweeten to bring back the blackberry and apple flavors, but lets take this one step at a time.

 

[Katydid]

Do I add more blackberries now and let ferment a couple day longer? If I'm reading my SG correctly, I am at 1.02.

 

[Julie]

yes, this should lower your alcohol content

 

[Katydid]

I just added some blackberries. Hope this works!! Thanks for your help.

 

[cpfan]

The starting sg was 1.100, so the alcohol content will be about 14% (depending on finisheing sg). Seems a little high for most fruit wines. Adding more fruit while it is still fermenting is adding more sugar, so the alcohol content will go higher.

Why might the must/wine be sour on day 4 of fermentation? CO2 content?

Steve

 

[Katydid]

Steve,

I'm new at this so what would you suggest?

Katy

 

[Sirs]

I suggest you let it go on making wine for abit on it's own and just let nature do her thing sounds like you got everything going good. I'd let it ferment dry and then give it abit of time to adjust on it's own, patience is one of the hardest thnigs about making good wine and it's the one thing most of us lack most in not wanting to wait. So just give it some time it'll come around quick enough on it's own