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Once the wine has cleared completely, siphon it off of the sediment again.

Be sure to give the wine plenty of time to clear up before bottling. The wine hydrometer should read between 0.990 and 0.998 on the Specific Gravity scale. You may want to verify with your wine hydrometer that the fermentation has completed before continuing on to the next step. Allow the juice to ferment for an additional 4-6 week period or until it becomes completely clear.

Attach a wine airlock and fill it half-way with water.

If necessary, add water back to 5 gallons. Get as much liquid as you can, even if some of the sediment comes with it. Siphon the wine off the sediment without stirring it up. You can easily remove the pulp by lifting out the fermentation bag. Siphon the wine into a carboy in a careful manner, so as to leave the sediment behind.

After 5 to 7 days remove the pulp from the fermenter and discard.

Typically, 70% of the fermentation activity will occur during this 5 to 7 day period. You should start to see some foaming activity within 24 hours of adding the wine yeast. Allow this mixture (must) to ferment for 5 to 7 days. Sprinkle the wine yeast over the surface of the juice and then cover with a thin, clean towel.During the 24 hours the gas leaves the container making it safe to add the wine yeast. During this waiting period the Campden Tablets are sterilizing the juice with a mild sulfur gas. Cover the fermenter with a thin, clean towel and wait 24 hours.Adding the wine yeast at the same time you add the Campden Tablets will only result in destroying the yeast. Do not add the wine yeast at this point in the process. Add water to equal the batch to 5 gallons. Collect any pulp in a fermentation bag and submerge the bag into the wine making mixture. Stir together all of the wine making ingredients called for, EXCEPT for the Wine Yeast, into a primary fermenter.

CONCORD GRAPE WINE SKIN

Doing so will cause too much bitterness from the skin and seeds of the produce to be incorporated into the resulting wine. Food processors, blenders and such should not be used for this purpose. It is important to understand that you can over-process the produce.

Crush the grapes either by hand or with a crusher.

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10 Campden Tablets (5 prior to fermentation and 5 at bottling time)ĭirections for Concord Grape Full Bodied Wine Recipe.(Makes 5 Gallons) Ingredients for Concord Grape Full Bodied Wine Recipe