Vinter's Harvest Peach

[Sammyk]

Vinter's Harvest Peach question
11/1 start SG 1.080
11/5 SG 1.070
11/7 SG 1.030 removed fruit and racked and placed in 3 1-gallon carboys

11/15 SG .99 racked off lees and added 1 campden per gallon
11/22 I was looking at a gallon and it seems fairly clear for only being 22 days.

Today there is a very small amount of lees on the bottom, no airlock activity but I do see occasional bubble (very tiny and hard to see)

This seems very fast from what I have been reading and what is on the label from the can.

I am not sure what I am supposed to do now...only because it was a lot faster then the label says.

 

[Sammyk]

The photo looks "grainy" not the liquid. I think that happened when I enlarged the photo. It is very clear except the small amount of lees on the very center bottom - you can see that in the photo.

 

[UBB]

I just started one last night as well. I'm making a 5gal batch though and I added 2 qts white grape juice to see how it would turn out.

 

[wvbrewer]

Let it go and follow the directions. I also tend to worry alot about my wine, but it always turns out good. Next get a 3 gallon Better bottle it will make thing a little easier. The wine can work a little faster than the directions say. This is from many different variables such as temp and how fresh your yeast are.

 

[docanddeb]

If you are going to sweeten, you can add the sorbate and let it sit for 6 months. At that point you can sweeten and then let it sit another 3-4 months...
Then you'll be ready to sample!

Debbie

 

[Sammyk]

I do plan to sweeten some, and maybe flavor if needed, that is why I used gallon carboys. One prefers sweet the other dry.

Also handling 1 gallon carboys is much easier on us older folks with bad backs.

 

[docanddeb]

We use a hand truck to move our 5-7 gal jugs around. Recently got a pump so we don't have to put it on the cupboard for gravity feed... life is goood!

Debbie

 

[RLWinemaker]

I make a dry peach wine, and I've had some batches finish and clear quickly like this too, but my very first batch I bottled when clear and it ended up having some mild carbonation, there must have been some low-level fermentation. Now I give the wine at least two months before bottling, and haven't had a problem since.