In article >, McKevvy > wrote:
>On 25 Feb, 21:32, (Doug Miller) wrote:
>> In article
> >, McKevvy
> > wrote:
>>
>> >You're right - I've omitted the pectin. I checked the Boots book of
>> >Home Wine and Brewing and they use pectin in their recipies. I've been
>> >using a recipe for Braeburn apples from elsewhere and it doesn't
>> >mention pectin.
>> >I learn something every day
>>
>> Pectin and pectic enzyme are two different things. There should be no need to
>> add pectin to an apple wine, since apples have lots of pectin already --
>> that's why I suggested you might need to add pectic enzyme to get rid of an
>> excess of pectin.
>
>Correct. I should have added PECTOLASE to destroy the PECTIC enzyme.

No.

Pectolase *is* pectic enzyme. You should have added pectolase to destroy the
*pectin*.