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Default Need Help Crystal Flakes

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> I bought 20 gal of( Stewbin) Spelling ?) Grape Juice from a winery.I
> made it in 4. 5gal carboy.Here are my steps.Started 10-16-09 in
> buckets 5 gal juice 2 1/2 tsp pectic enzyme-5 tsp yeast nutrient 5
> crush campden tablets.3 cups sugar.S G 1.090 Alcohol 12% Acid 62.5 .10
> 17 09 added yeast Lalvin RC 212.On 10 26 09 S G .995 syphon from buckets
> too carboys letting settlement behind.Syphon again on 11 14 09.Had a
> sulfur smell to it. I got a new piece of copper pipe 18 in long clean
> and disfected it put it in the carboy n blew through it a couple times a
> day after 4 days the smell was gone.I syphon it again on 12 20 09.It was
> clear and S G .995.I bottle 1 carboy on 12 23 09 added 5 1/2 cups sugar
> 2 1/2 tsp potassium sorbate.S G 1.020 balling 5.It was clear after 4
> days in the bottles it got clear flakes in the bottles.I syphon another
> carboy into a clean carboy it also was clear but after a couple days it
> also started to get those clear flakes in it.I syphon it again got some
> of the flakes out they had no smell and no taste they were gritty-
> sandy.So i ran the carboy through a thick wine flitter it was crystal
> clear you could see nothing.I bottle it on 12 26 09.After a 4 days it
> got gritty stuff back in it.I even open up the first bottles and ran
> them through the filter it took the gritty stuff out it was clear then i
> rebottle them and about 4 days later it came back.I still have 2- 5 gal
> carboy i didn't bottle i am going to let them sit for awhile to see if
> that helps.Does anyone know what this could be .I made other grape wines
> at the same time but didn't have this trouble.Could it be something in
> the grape juice or something i did .You can eather email me or answer
> here .Thank You Dan
>

Hey Dan,
You might try a group like rec.crafts.winemaking or similar winemaking
groups.

Dick