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Watermelon wine

I've posted a few messages this afternoon, but this one is really important. I'm making a batch of watermelon wine from the recipe on Jack's site. I sized it down to 1 gallon and am following the recipe pretty well. However, Jack mentions to put the must in the refrigerator prior to pitching the yeast because the watermelon juice might spoil. My problem is that the watermelon juice is now clear with a huge layer of red sediment on the bottom of the jug. Is this supposed to happen? I would think that watermelon juice would retain it's red color. Is the final wine going to be clear? Should I put the sediment in the primary also? Anyone made this recipe?

Any help is appreciated.

Greg

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gsmith81
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Why don't you ask Jack, he can, sometimes provide the missing link, however if the origin of the recipe is not Jack then he may be able to point you in the right direction. Stephen.

Any help is appreciated.

Greg

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Stephen.....

Already dropped him an e-mail. Thanks for the suggestion. I figured that since it's summer, he could be on vacation, out of town, whatever. Figured I'd ask the knowlegable folks that read this group.

Greg

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gsmith81

I'm in the midst of making my second try at watermelon wine as well. And yes, I did notice that same thing happening in my primary, but I pitched my yeast anyway, and now I have a 1 gallon glass carboy of pink (bubbling like crazy still) wine. The other watermelon wine I made (but 4 bottles popped on me) turned to a white wine with very little color. I'd be interested to see what Jack says. Darlene

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Dar V

I'll let you know what he says. I suspect this is supposed to be a white with a pale pink tint.

Greg

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gsmith81

I made a watermelon wine once... same thing happened.... I pitched the yeast anyway. I didn't expect much from the wine, and I wasn't suprised with the results. It ended up as a passable white wine.

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Charles

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