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I just signed up I just signed up. If I win this is the kit I would like. There is nothing like a good Merlot. Winexpert™ Eclipse Napa Valley Stag's Leap District Merlot Wine Recipe Kit

Do you feel a sweeter or dryer wine compliments the mint better?

Thanks for the warning.

I just took another reading, and the reading is still .00. I transferred it to another carboy and the bubbling stopped. It looks and smells fine (Tastes like lime juice). Hopefully it well stay that way. If so, I will add more potassium sorbate and campden tablets to it and then back sweeten.

I haven't back sweetened or done another hydrometer reading yet because I was worried about stirring up the sediment and am unsure if that will affect the clearing (It is clear now). If I don't have to worry about re-suspending the sediment I will take another reading. Is it possible I stirred...

I am making a lime skeeter pee and the hydrometer reading was stable for several days and the gravity was just a hair above .00 I added the campden and potassium sorbate, sparkolloid and degassed. A couple days later I started seeing tiny bubbles rising and it has been doing this for two...

Would it help to let it breathe after opening, or can I pour it back in the carboy and degasse it more?

I just tried a bottle of wine from the first kit my wife got me, and there is something slightly off about it. I think there may be an almost inperceptiable tingling on the tip of my tongue. I don't see any bubbles and I don't see a change in the gravity. What could it be? Am I...

How long dose fermentation usually take? Around a week? My fermentation seems to be going a little slow, probably due to the acid content, but the daily hydrometer reading seem a bit much. I feel like I'm wasting my pee.

Is that rum extract or imitation rum extract?

Has anyone experimented with how much mint extract to use, or is a 1/2 bottle per 3 gallons the standard?

Was it the DB or the carbonation you did not like?

Can you use an airiator drill attachment to stir the wine?

Any update on the results?

Thanks. I hope to start a batch in the next few days.