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Hi, Krækiber season is getting closer. Last year I made a batch of Krækiberjavín. At the moment the wine is ok but not great, perhaps it’ll get more character in the bottle. In any case it has been a lot of fun making it and I will definitely make another batch this year but this time using an impro...

ahh regarding to filtering
Áma does rent the filter machine (mini jet). It cost 1000 isk for 24 hours or whole weekend. You have to buy the paper filter separately.

Hi Fridrik Thanks for your comments. Oh yes, lets make my experience with krækiber public. Krækiberjavín has been a very interesting one, now it is 10 months old and its ready to be bottled. I'm just waiting for the right weekend to do it. Hey Fridrik, I will open a new post with all the information...

Oh yes, gelatin ( or any other fining in general). I didn't think about it maybe because my wine has already cleared by itself. Nevertheless, I noticed very few solids particles floating in apple wine. I guess I introduce them myself accidentally when racking or something. Also I back-sweet blueberr...

Hi guys! I have ready to be bottled: 24 liters of rose wine (kit from Áman) 24 liters of blueberry wine (I pick up the berries myself) 30 liters of Crownberry wine (krækiber) 9 liters of apple wine Usually I do not filter my wines, I let aging do the work for me, but this time for some reasons, incl...

Hi! What kind of berries did you used in your wine? I had a similar situation. I have a 100 % krækiber wine which is 8 month old, in the 3th rack I noticed that a thing layer of black sediments was covering the whole carboy interior. Fortunately I haven't bottle yet. In a month or so I will rack aga...