What is the method to remove methanol from homemade wine

In our lives, many people like to make their own wine to drink. Everyone feels that the wine they make is quiet and hygienic and they can drink it with confidence. However, there are many small details in the process of making wine. If these small details are not done well, the content of methanol or other alcohol substances in the wine you make will be particularly high. Excessive consumption of methanol will cause some harm to your health.

To remove methanol and fusel alcohols from home-brewed wine, the following points should be done during winemaking;

1. The grapes you choose should be fresh, not moldy;

3. The grapes must also be disinfected to kill harmful bacteria and reduce the release of methanol during fermentation;

4. Grapes must be dried before making wine, which is also to ensure full fermentation and pure wine flavor, and to avoid methanol produced during the fermentation process due to water in the grapes;

5. The choice of winemaking utensils is also very important. Use wooden containers instead of plastic containers. Plastic containers will produce more harmful substances such as methanol during the winemaking process.

6. The fermentation process should be allowed to last as long as possible, that is, the wine should be aged.

Causes of methanol production

When people make wine, it is inevitable that methanol will be produced. The sugar in the grapes will react with enzymes to produce methanol. It is difficult to completely remove the methanol in the wine simply by filtering it separately. In fact, methanol is mainly caused by the incomplete reaction of home-brewed wine. If we can find good materials and use advanced instruments to brew wine, the current situation will not occur. Therefore, in order to avoid exceeding the methanol standard, we must be careful when brewing wine, and we must maintain the temperature around the container when the wine is fermenting so that the wine fermentation can be thorough.

Hazards of Methanol

Methanol is a chemical substance that can cause serious harm to the human body after entering it. What we usually call alcohol poisoning actually refers to methanol poisoning. Methanol can directly damage the human visual nerves after entering the human body. In severe cases, it can even cause poisoning. We need to control the methanol content in homemade wine and keep the methanol content in the wine within a normal range.