Anybody know if this is good or bad?
Sam
The next day, a large pink leathery wine mosnter had grown on the surface
and has been there for a few days now.
The monster, as I said looks moist, leathery, has tendrils which descend
down into the wine, and almost looks alive.
The wine appears to still be cloudy and hasn't even begun to show signs of
clearing
This is how the surface of the monster appears
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2769/4022300120_1048e3344d_o.jpg
And this shows the tendrils descending into the wine
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2514/4022300522_5672ae085b_b.jpg
Is this wine ruined, or is this a normal part of how some finings work?
If it's not normal, is there anything I can do to recover it?
Steve Peek
"Sam" <s...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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use? Did you mix 2 or more fining agents? Did you see the movie "Alien"?
Steve
Sam
"Steve Peek" <sp...@ioa.com> wrote in message
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LOL. It does look like a creature from a 1950's B movie doesn't it?
It was a 2 part fining. You add the small sachet of clear liquid first and
stir it in then leave it for an hour before stirring in the larger sachet of
clear gloop.
If the wine's lost, it isn't a major problem as it hasn't cost me anything
other than time. All the fruit came from local hedgerows in the countryside
near my house.
Tom Brown
Tom Brown
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Steve Peek
sure it didn't say 24 hours between parts? Regardless, I'd rack the wine
from underneath the blob and give it a taste. It's most likely fine.
Steve
Sam
"Tom Brown" <tom.b...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> That looks like mother of vinegar.
That's what I thought.
Oh well, if that's what it is, I'll be able to make a nice salad dressing
for the summer barbecues next year, LOL.
Sam
Definitely said 1 hour. I just dug the packet out of the bin to check.
It smells fine. Smells mighty string in fact.
I'll do as yu suggest and rack it off to see if it clears any.
Tater
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looks like it didnnt get stirred in enought and the sediment floated
instad of sank.
did it clear?
looks good otherwise
Sam
"Tater" <tate...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Didn't clear - well, not yet.
I syphoned off the wine from below the monster into a clean demijohn, and
put it out into the shed where it's cold. I'm going to give it time to let
it clear the old fashioned way now, as this expeience has sort of scared me
off using finings.
looks good otherwise