Wine Kit QuestionJoe - It's a good idea to try to follow the directions as closely as you reasonably can (at least the first time you do a particular...
Joe Sallustio
Thanks, Joe, that's basically what I'm trying to do. I think the finest pads are #3 and not #1 - not sure about the colour - I'm buttuming those are the ones you meant? I used them only once before on a white and although it looked very clear, I had a huge amount of bypbutt and had to run it through the filter 3-4 times to avoid losing too much wine. I also picked up some metallic taste from the bypbutt wine - I think it's running over the screws somewhere in the filter, so taken together, I've decided not to use the fine pads on MiniJet. It might be somehing about my filtering technique but as far as I can tell, I'm doing things correctly per instructions.
The particular difficulty in this case is that having used the sorbate before it should be used, I don't know what it the minimal level - that was the gist of my question. If all sorbate I had added is still active, I am at the minimum level already; if it's partially or completely gone, I need to add up to the same amount I already added. And since I can't measure it, I might end up with the sorbate taste-smell that I hate.
The wine has been sitting in carboys and some bottles for 3 weeks now in my living room after the filtering and I'mnot detecting any signes of activity, so I think I'll risk it. Next time though I'll wait with the sorbate after the wine clears up.
Pp
