Sloe wine 2001

[veggiechicken]

I've been given a demijohn of Sloe wine 2001 Tastes OK but its very cloudy. I've run some through a coffee filter paper but it hasn't removed any sediment.
Will it settle out or should I throw it away? I'm not a wine maker

[Hazel at the Hill]

I've been given a demijohn of Sloe wine 2001 Tastes OK but its very cloudy. I've run some through a coffee filter paper but it hasn't removed any sediment.
Will it settle out or should I throw it away? I'm not a wine maker

DO NOT THROW IT AWAY!!!! *attack of the vapours.

It will clear (when you stop shakin' it about! ) but it might take some time. I'd go for adding some sort of finings, wait a bit for it to clear, then syphon off (with a toob from Wilko) the lovely clear stuff from the yukky sediment - easy peasy.

More experienced grapes than I will suggest which finings to use - I'd go for some bentonite (of which I will gladly sent you a suitable portion), but that might not be the best thing.

[Nicos]

OMG!!!!....do NOT chuck it!!!!

[veggiechicken]

Thanks Hazel My husband used to make lots of wine - there are still bottles of it in the garage - but I gave away most of the equipment.
I've filtered a carafe of wine so I'll let that settle for a few days and see what happens.

[Kirk]

I recently used a Wilkinsons clearing agent, comes in 2 parts. Basically add part A, stir, leave for an hour, add part B, stir, watch the murk drop out. Bit scary in a way as the stuff causing the cloudiness literally dropped out in front of my eyes, didn't take 5 days, more like 5 minutes.

[veggiechicken]

Thanks Kirk. Do you remember what its called?

[chris]

Pectolase.
I have some
If
You want a small
But VC?

[chris]

Ignore the random spacing. Stupid Phil e

[chris]

Phone. Grr!!

[veggiechicken]

Pectolase.
I have some
If
You want a small
But VC?

I'd love to have a small but Chris

[Kirk]

Wilkinsons only do the one, it has their own name on it.
I forget there may not be one near everyone, there are 3 sort of circling me so I have a choice.
I was impressed by how well it cleared mine, cloudy apple, but it was also a bit of a shock. Normally expect a few days or more. Watching it drop out in front of your eyes is not what I expected.

Have another batch that I expect will require clearing, found a different approach to make it, so hope it works as well again.

If there is a home brew shop around they will have something, this one is a 2 part clearing agent.

Pectalose is for a pectin haze and I would not expect one in sloe wine, maybe the sloes were boiled/cooked as that tends to drag out pectin.

[veggiechicken]

Probably this Kirk? Wilko Wine Finings A and B 65g at wilko.com
There is a Wilkos here, a few miles the other side of town. I'll get soon from there.

[Closet Brewer]

What happened to this wine in the end, VC? I love sloe wine, esp after it's aged for a few years. I never got mine to clear very well in the early days: did you get yours clear? What did it taste like?

So many questions

[veggiechicken]

It tasted foul so I used it to clean the loo
I'm sure there's more ancient stuff in the garage.................

[Closet Brewer]

Oh no! How very disappointing! So aging doesn't nullify all brewing sins then? It's usually my answer to everything! (If bentonite hasn't worked...)