Hi Tom, The Mini-jet filters are really small, they are only meant for 5 gallons of wine. The pump has no volume capabilities and develops very little pressure. That said it works if you are willing to play around with it. I usually get 10 gallons through a filter before it leaks too much and only filter clean wine.
As to the membrane filter, you already talked me into using a barrel and making more wine from grapes, I guess this had to be next...
Seriously, I may look into that but my concern is used bottles. I'm wondering if I wash them well and treat them with B-T-F at their recommended levels if that would be good enough. That has always been my concern. I am pretty sure I can get the wine right, it's what I'm putting it into that concerns me. I give most of the sweet wine away so I'm just not going to use new bottles, I'm just not that nice a guy...
First tastings of a cranberry wineAfter Thanksgiving, I took advantage of the sale on cranberries by making cranberry wine. At Jack Keller's suggestion, I used the highbush recipe on his site: I've finally...
I will always be making at least 15 gallons of something sweet so the membrane filter may be worth doing. I have also been reading about some of the pasteurization techniques people are using commercially. It seems there are several way people are doing that and some of those are in reach of a home winemaker.
Joe
