What is the pH?????

Rick,
let me give you one very serious piece of advice on raspberry wine; you
ned to know the pH! Tartness does not necessarily come fom the TA of the
fruit or the seeds. It's the pH of the fruit that accounts for the "pucker
factor" of raspberry wine. If you don't have one, or the wife didn't buy you
one for Christmas, get thyself a pH meeter and take a reading ASAP!!!!! You
may have to correct for the pH so your lips don't pucker all the way to the
back of your head.
Joanne

"Rick Vanderwal" > wrote in message
...
> thanks everyone for your comments and your input.
> I really appreciate them all!
> I wish you all a very happy new year!
>
> Well, I went back and forth, back and forth....
> pure juice wine, or dilute, pure, dilute, pure, dilute....
>
> I finally decided....I wanted more of the volume this year...
> And see how it turns out.
> Then, next year, I can do it differently, and just go with the pure
juice...
> I guess that's the beauty of it, as one of you said....
> there's no perfect recipe, you can create your own, and try it in
different
> ways,
>
> So, I took the pure juice, and also the water in which the seeds and
> leftover pulp had sat in for two days,
> and ended up with about 3 gallons of juice.
> I added one more gallon, to get four, and added sugar to get a reading of
> 1.090....
> Added yeast nutrient, energizer, a bit of tannin, and....
> now the yeast.
>
> So, now I wait...and see how it all goes.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Rick
>
>
>
> "Rick Vanderwal" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Tonight I just pressed two gallons of pure raspberry juice from the 18
or
> so
> > pounds I had frozen from my bushes this summer.
> >
> > I've read a number of recipes...and I guess I'd like some advice as to
> what
> > to do....
> >
> > 1. Use the two gallons to make two gallons of really rich wine?
> > 2. Dilute it to make a larger quanitity, but less acidic wine? And
if
> > so, how much water should I add for dilution? Could I add double the
> > water, to bring the total to four gallons? or even five? But would
that
> > water it down too much?
> > 3. Buy a can of Oregon pure seedless raspberry puree and add it to
what
> I
> > have and bring the total to five gallons for lots of flavourful wine?
> >
> > I have the juice sitting in the garage in a closed bucket, so i'd love
to
> > act on it quickly. The temperature is 40 degrees so it should hold for
a
> > day or two. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! You
guys
> > and gals are always a lot of help!!!
> >
> > Sincerely, Rick Vanderwal
> > Fremont, Michigan
> >
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