Racked our apple wine about Christmas time. Will bottle if the weather
ever breaks here. The 3 gallon carboy and gallon jugs with normal
airlocks have very fine settlings on the bottom. Wine is clear as a bell.

Had not quite a gallon left so we filled 4 wine bottles and stuck
balloons over the mouths. Nice clear settlings just like above, but
have noticed in the last couple weeks little bumps on the bottom. Looks
kind of like sand grains is about as close an analogy as I can come up with.

Bottles were washed and rinsed with sterilizer just like the carboy and
gallon jugs. Only difference is the balloon instead of airlock.

Ideas??

Thanks

Sounds like "wine jewels" which are tartrate crystals. I've never seen it in
apple wine as the main acid in apples is malic. Did you add acid blend?


"pheasant16" > wrote in message
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> Racked our apple wine about Christmas time. Will bottle if the weather
> ever breaks here. The 3 gallon carboy and gallon jugs with normal
> airlocks have very fine settlings on the bottom. Wine is clear as a bell.
>
> Had not quite a gallon left so we filled 4 wine bottles and stuck balloons
> over the mouths. Nice clear settlings just like above, but have noticed
> in the last couple weeks little bumps on the bottom. Looks kind of like
> sand grains is about as close an analogy as I can come up with.
>
> Bottles were washed and rinsed with sterilizer just like the carboy and
> gallon jugs. Only difference is the balloon instead of airlock.
>
> Ideas??
>
> Thanks

Steve Peek wrote:
> Sounds like "wine jewels" which are tartrate crystals. I've never seen it in
> apple wine as the main acid in apples is malic. Did you add acid blend?
>

Yes she does add it.

"pheasant16" > wrote in message
...
> Steve Peek wrote:
>> Sounds like "wine jewels" which are tartrate crystals. I've never seen it
>> in apple wine as the main acid in apples is malic. Did you add acid
>> blend?
>>
>
> Yes she does add it.

Get the wine as cold as possible (just above freezing) for a few days. The
rest should fall out. It's really harmless and tasteless, just unattractive.

Steve Peek wrote:
> "pheasant16" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Steve Peek wrote:
>>> Sounds like "wine jewels" which are tartrate crystals. I've never seen it
>>> in apple wine as the main acid in apples is malic. Did you add acid
>>> blend?
>>>
>> Yes she does add it.
>
> Get the wine as cold as possible (just above freezing) for a few days. The
> rest should fall out. It's really harmless and tasteless, just unattractive.
>
>
We'll try it right before we bottle. Thanks for the tip!