how long do you wait to drink home made wine after adding a campden tablets?
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I added one campden tablet to a gallon of wine. I dont smell anything but heard it wont be good for about six months.
The campden tablet is used to kill off the yeast. It dissipates in about 24 hours and the yeast is dead. After that, it depends on you. You can allow the dead yeast to settle to the bottom and have a clearer wine or you can start drinking it right away. You could also add some oak chips, either toasted or un-toasted depending on whether it is a red or white wine, and age for 2 months to 1 year and then bottle the wine. I usually age my reds on toasted oak for at least 6 months and my whites on un-toasted for at least 3 months. After they age I sweeten them according to how I intend to use the wine; if it is to be served with dinner it is left dry, for a before-dinner serving gets lightly sweetened and for a dessert wine it gets sweetened slightly more.
Good luck and enjoy!
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June 25th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
The metabisulfite dissipates in a day or thereabouts. I wouldn't bottle before then. How long to wait after bottling depends on the wine.
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June 25th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
The campden tablet is used to kill off the yeast. It dissipates in about 24 hours and the yeast is dead. After that, it depends on you. You can allow the dead yeast to settle to the bottom and have a clearer wine or you can start drinking it right away. You could also add some oak chips, either toasted or un-toasted depending on whether it is a red or white wine, and age for 2 months to 1 year and then bottle the wine. I usually age my reds on toasted oak for at least 6 months and my whites on un-toasted for at least 3 months. After they age I sweeten them according to how I intend to use the wine; if it is to be served with dinner it is left dry, for a before-dinner serving gets lightly sweetened and for a dessert wine it gets sweetened slightly more.
Good luck and enjoy!
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June 25th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
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