Either I did do it right, was given the wrong yeast energiser or I had the wrong recipe?
The recipe I had did not call for betonite. 5 gallons of birch sap granulated sugar to 1.085-1.090 1/2 oz.citric acid 1/8 tsp tannin 1 tsp yeast nutrient 1 pkt Riesling wine yeast I only added the betonite after the secondary fermentation when I realized that it took too long to clear. Maybe I should have added the betonite at the primary fermentation. Or the yeast nutrient I bough was nothing but a subtitle that got wrongly labelled. I made this batch in the late spring of 2004. It is still cloudy. I might as well discard it and start a new batch with this year sap. Only this time, I’ll be more careful. “Joe Sallustio” wrote in message oups.com… Ok, do you remember how much and how you prepared it? If bentonite is not hydrated probably is won’t do much. I use agglomerated bentonite and make it as a roughly 5% solution. I use 2 tablespoons per pint of boiling water and mix it well with a hand mixer, I have heard of using a blender too which sounds like a great idea. I let it sit for
