El Dorado Home Wine Making Website - Home Wine Making Information and Wine Recipes
Home Wine Making
- 1. "Instant Wine
- (Fruit Wine)
- ... in up to 1⁄2 gallon of water, putting the saucepan over a very low heat to speed up the solution. Meanwhile dissolve the dried malt extract in a little cold water, open the tin of fruit juice, and funnel ...
- Created on 11 November 2016
- 2. pH Analysis
- (Wine Making Information)
- pH Analysis Brief Description: Prior to the invention of the pH meter, pH values of solutions could be found using litmus paper (which changes color depending on the pH of the solution), or ...
- Created on 27 October 2016
- 3. The Nature of Corks
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... it has been found in both beer, with a crown cap, and bottled water, in a plastic container, the solution will be something that improves ALL foods and beverages, not just wine corks. There are currently ...
- Created on 24 October 2016
- 4. Problems during fermentation
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... Cause 1.Natural period where the yeast builds its cell count in initial stages of fermentation. 2.Incomplete seals on fermentation vessel or natural lack of kraeusen Solution Prevention ...
- Created on 30 August 2016
- 5. Hydrogen Sulfide
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... break the disulfide back down to sulfide and adding copper sulphate (CuSO4.5H2O) solution to remove the sulfide. Testing before treatment is absolutely necessary because it is possible to confuse the ...
- Created on 28 August 2016
- 6. The Home Winemakers' Wine Lab
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... to final alcohol level, but there is considerable disagreement between them. The reason for this is that some are based on a "laboratory situation" of a pure sucrose solution in water, whereas grape juice ...
- Created on 26 August 2016
- 7. Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) in Winemaking
- (Wine Making Information)
- ... off into the juice in uncontrollable amounts and you will likely have far too much in the free run, and next to none in the pressed portion. The 10% Solution A much better way to get your SO2 is from ...
- Created on 10 August 2016
- 8. Sulphur Dioxide in WineMaking
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... off into the juice in uncontrollable amounts and you will likely have far too much in the free run, and next to none in the pressed portion. The 10% Solution A much better way to get your SO2 is from ...
- Created on 22 August 2015
- 9. Wine Glossary
- (Uncategorised)
- ... acid, sugar, tannin, alcohol and flavor are in harmony is said to be in balance. Balling: The name of a density scale for measuring sugar content in water base solutions. Since grape juice is primarily ...
- Created on 29 January 2015
- 10. Agrimony Wine
- (Fruit Wine)
- ... off sediment into clean glass secondary at monthly intervals. Reattach airlock. 7. Bottle when the wine has been six months in the making, adding the lactose solution. NOTE: Use the ...
- Created on 13 September 2014
- 11. FAQ Tech Tips
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... can remove 1g of SO2, or to remove 10mg/L SO2 requires (34/64)*(10mg/L / 1000 mg/g) g/L H2O2. If you have a 30%w/v peroxide solution divide the g of H2O2 required by 0.3 to get mL required, or by 0.5 if ...
- Created on 12 September 2014
- 12. Acidity in Wine
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... your wine, you discover that your wine lacks the correct amount of acid, the simplest solution would be to add an appropriate amount of acid blend to your must prior to fermentation. But we can't do that ...
- Created on 12 September 2014
- 13. Acid/pH Adjustments
- (Home Wine Making)
- ... a 10% solution (10 grams in 100 ml of water) of tartaric acid in distilled water. Dissolve the acid in a little water and add water to exactly 100ml. Set up several glasses containing 100ml of juice ...
- Created on 12 September 2014
- 14. Acid Control in Winemaking
- (Uncategorised)
- ... accurate job. They provide a syringe, a vial of "indicator solution" and a bottle of sodium hydroxide solution, usually 0.2 N. in strength. You provide a glass container to do the test in. A laboratory ...
- Created on 12 September 2014