anyone made prosecco??

[The_blue]

Hi all, long to!e since I've posted on here!

I've made a red wine kit and dropped it in a spare corni keg. Due to a slight gassing issue the last bit is slightly fizzy. Not bad actually!

It got me wondering about making prosecco. Its carbonated if I remember. Easy to do in a keg!

Any idea what grape/kit would make a reasonable fizzy wine?

[The_blue]

Ok, I'm guessing thats a no

I couldn't find a source for the Glera grape juice that should be used so i'm going Chardonnay for that Metodo Italiano style

The kit is in and brewing and i should have a corni empty by then I'm working on that one!

[The_blue]

It works

Pressurised the corny to a nice 4bar/ 60psi and promptly blew the counter pressure filler to bits . Lost a couple of bottles to that and a couple more to froth.

Chilled it down in the fridge till partly frozen and that helped

[micmacmoc]

That looks the bizz. How did you do it exactly....spare corny in my garage!

[Pinto]

Ok, I'm guessing thats a no

I couldn't find a source for the Glera grape juice that should be used so i'm going Chardonnay for that Metodo Italiano style

The kit is in and brewing and i should have a corni empty by then I'm working on that one!

From what I recall, the glera grapes are rare because they require such bloody aweful growing conditions (nutrient poor, stony soils) - they certainly like a bit of abuse ! Seens several articles this year that indicate Prosecco has become a victim of its own success and supplies cant close to match demand.

Nice looking brew there, BTW

[The_blue]

Thanks! it's standard Chardonnay (California connoisseur) brewed will fully fermented then cleared and fines as normal.

Dropped most of it in a keg and forced carbonated to at 1st 2.5 bar. It was impossible to pour from the keg as once the bubbles settled it turned into flat wine...

Next came the counter pressure filler and old 1 litre mixer bottles....

Home made from ebay bits.

6mm stainless pipe
rubber bung
football inflater needle
car tyre valve
tyre filler valve
ball valve
party tap (will remove for a 2nd ball valve)
countless clips and bits of pipe

This produces better results but were a littler flatter than the real thing.

Bottling was a pain as i tried at ambient!

At 4bar pressure the weakness in my home made filler were evident and i was coated in wine as the hose came off the corny interconnect.

new clips later and i'm getting better results. The fizz is much better and bottling easier now chilled.

I'm planning a 2nd batch and am collecting bottles with plans to bottle the whole lot in 1 run, not 4 like on this trial run.

[simon12]

If its chilled you may retail more fizz by dropping the pressure just before bottling and put it into chilled bottles, the dissolved CO2 should stay in it rather then fizzing. Note this is from what I have read not from experience.