All About Cream of Tartar
12-23-2019, 08:19 AM
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Another hobby of mine is wine making. If the wine is too acidic it can form tartaric acid (what cream of tartar is made of). The first time it happened, I simply strained the wine to remove them when pouring from the bottle. I now know that I need to cold crash the wine and the crystals will form and drop out before bottling. Cold crashing is taking the wine carboy (mine was 5 gallons) after it is done fermenting and placing it in a cold environment for a few days. It is then filtered out when bottling. I am not sure how they do it commercially in large vineyards.
Wine making is one big science experiment with its own language and I enjoy making wine and now I have added beer making.
Wine making is one big science experiment with its own language and I enjoy making wine and now I have added beer making.
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12-23-2019, 04:44 PM
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And -- if you get it on your jeans it will bleach out the color. Ask me how I know.
The cream or tartar was mixed with egg white when this happened. I don't know if it was the cream of tartar, or the mixture that caused the problem.
The cream or tartar was mixed with egg white when this happened. I don't know if it was the cream of tartar, or the mixture that caused the problem.
12-25-2019, 03:46 PM
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I use cream of tarter to clean out a plastic electric teapot. I have a lot of iron in my water (well water) and the cream of tarter cleans off the brown staining completely. I can't claim this fix as mine, it came with my instructions for the teapot!
12-25-2019, 07:52 PM
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Another hobby of mine is wine making. If the wine is too acidic it can form tartaric acid (what cream of tartar is made of). The first time it happened, I simply strained the wine to remove them when pouring from the bottle. I now know that I need to cold crash the wine and the crystals will form and drop out before bottling. Cold crashing is taking the wine carboy (mine was 5 gallons) after it is done fermenting and placing it in a cold environment for a few days. It is then filtered out when bottling. I am not sure how they do it commercially in large vineyards.
Wine making is one big science experiment with its own language and I enjoy making wine and now I have added beer making.
Wine making is one big science experiment with its own language and I enjoy making wine and now I have added beer making.
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