[Capt Zero]

If your thinking about having a go at it, take a good look here
It's on a UK wine forum that I joined last year to better my wine making, it's a very helpful forum. The guy who wrote this has just crushed over a ton of grapes....now that's wine making...

[coop-de-tat]

TY CZ :-] will have a butchers later............

CdT

[coop-de-tat]

Had a look at that link thanks CZ........

Looks a bit complicated to me, is he actually "fractionating by freezing" (if that's the correct term) the alcohol from the wine there? I got a bit lost with all the numbers :-]

BTW my apple concoction seems to be proceeding nicely. It's now showing an SG of 1.04. Strangely I don't see any bubbles from the FV airlock. Could it be that the FV lid isn't giving a proper seal. Perhaps I'm not looking for long enough?

I'm preparing to ferment 5 litres of ASDA grape juice I need a little advice on that, I'll start another thread or look for an existing one.

Happy Hunting

CdT

[Capt Zero]

is he actually "fractionating by freezing"

Basically...yes, you freeze the water content out of your wine.

It's now showing an SG of 1.04. Strangely I don't see any bubbles from the FV airlock. Could it be that the FV lid isn't giving a proper seal. Perhaps I'm not looking for long enough?

I'm not sure of your SG numbers, it should read as a 4 digit set...so you could have 1.040....or it could be 1.004.
How long has the wine been going?? if it's 1.040 after a week or so then that's ok..( as it would have been higher) .if it's the start? this is a little on the low side. If it is 1.040 you may want to add a small amount of sugar to bring the SG up around 1.070.

Could it be that the FV lid isn't giving a proper seal. Perhaps I'm not looking for long enough?

Yup...these plastic FV's are not that airtight.

All the best with it.

[coop-de-tat]

I'm not sure of your SG numbers, it should read as a 4 digit set...

Yes. My bad. The figure should be 1.040.

I'll take another reading later. It's been about a week now since I added the yeast. Thanks for your help CZ, much appreciated :-]

CdT

[coop-de-tat]

The wine is ready to rack and add finings. I'll be doing that later.

Took an SG reading with the hydro, it was almost at the top of the scale (0.982) A little taster confirms it to be very dry and "appley", just the way I want it for my applejack :-]

I will be freezing it out next week hopefully after it's nice and clear.

Cdt

[Capt Zero]

Well done.  ..it's great when it all turns out right.

[Daamoot]

I racked my cider wine from this recipe over the weekend.  Got 2 gallons but still a bit too sweet so will leave to ferment a little longer.  I'm amazed at how well this recipe has worked, thanks for sharing it!

[maggiemay]

I find the best & quickest easy of cutting apples up is quarter them then put through a chipper
which you can purchase from any hardware store