Treat me like I am stupid....

So that's what hubby is doing, hows the wine going?

 

@Zigs Now now, it's another ginger doing the burping...not oh

what is eerie is that they are 8 seconds apart, just the same as your aging timing

 

May I introduce Isinglass ?

 

Yes but I do not know what why wither or when ?
Something to do with clearing white wine I think?

 

Think isinglass binds with a protein.

 

You'm probably looking at around 16%. You can use a hydrometer, or better still a vinometer to get a final reading, or, after the 8 second wait, taste it and see if it makes your face screw up

 

I made a carboy of tea wine when I was at skool, it being the cheapest one in the book.

Tried it a month or 2 later and it was 'orrible.

I was just pouring it away when a mate came round and said he'd take a gallon of it despite the taste.

A year later I visited him, but he was out so I sat in the porch to wait for him. Noticed some wine in a demi john so helped meself to some.

When he got back I asked him what the wine was as it was lovely.

You've guessed it, it was the tea wine, and i'd poured 7 gallons of it away

 

Hmmmm, I've heard vinometers are notoriously inaccurate. They are inexpensive but you get what you pay for..

 

The one I had worked fine till I smashed it