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Vance??????????? Wow. We're practically next door neighbors....... and no, I haven't made it to the camp yet..... but certainly desire to soon as possible..... do you ever go there?

I'm half betwixt the Ham and Ttown.

From Bama here as well and it's Roll Tide for me.

can you guys confirm if it harms anything to simply leave the hydrometer and thermometer floating in the must during the entire primary fermentation period?

Well doing a quick google search on EC-1118 and looking at this resulting web site http://www.lalvinyeast.com/strains.asp I can now see why my must ferments to dry so quickly.

it is the Cru Orchard Breezin kit, and I'm unsure what the yeast was, just whatever comes with the kit...... this kit is a different flavor than my first kit which might explain the difference in smell, however that may not be true since as I understand it, the must is supposedly some sort of...

Well that batch of wine turned out excellent, even despite the fact that it fermented to dry so soon. It was a 28 day kit wine and I like the fact that I didn't have to wait the entire 28 days to enjoy it..... my neighbor thinks its the best wine she ever tasted. Well now I'm into my 5th day...

Thanks peeps :D

Thanks for the advice. But allow me to ask, what if the SG does not stay the same?

I'm wondering if my first batch of wine is ruined. I started it on Dec 22, and the SG was 1.055. It fermented like crazy the first 3 1/2 days judging by the amount of burping the airlock was doing, then over the next 3 days the burping slowly disappeared. That whole time I had it sealed with an...

Thanks cpfan, that makes sense to me.

okay, cool Thanks :D

yes it said it should be between 1.050 and 1.060, so I figured I was perfect at 1.055..... this is a mist wine. I apologize for the confusion, as I am not using skins. I'm using a wine kit with no skins (this time). Also I apologize for making it seem like I'm in a hurry, as I'm sincerely not...

I like that :D

It helps in as much as I understand that oxygen isn't as horrible as I once thought, but like I asked above, I need to know if I absolutely have to wait the 14 days like the kit says before racking, or since my sg is now down to 1.000 from a beginning of 1.055 after only 5 days, can I go ahead...