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thank you sour grapes. now should i siphon it out or can i pour it through a funnel with a filter in it, also how many times should i rack it and how many days should i wait between racks?

so i racked it yesterday and as i was getting towards the end of the jug it started to smell like rotten eggs. is there any thing i can do to save it? will adding campden tablets do anything

so im on my second week what should my next steps be?

thank you arne. about how long should i leave them in the jugs? And is the one that isn't fully all the way alright? i thought i read somewhere saying they have to be near full to minimize oxygen getting in or is that when just bottling

update: the fuller jug seems to bubble slower and not a big bubble, compared to the less full one where i get big bubbles out of it, also is seems like there is something floating on top of the less full one like white round circles here and there since the jug is tinted its hard to see exactly...

so today i pressed the grapes and transferred into jugs. i got the one 4 liter jug near full just left a little wiggle room for bubbling and filled the other one up about 1/4 of the way now when i filled the air locks up i filled to the line but when i press it in the jug it all goes to one...

thanks. i just checked the Sg level right now and its just a little under 1.000 i'm gonna let it sit for a couple more hours. and i washed my 4 liter jugs. now i think i'll have enough to fill at least one of the but definitely not two. and if i cant have any air what would i do with all the...

its about 65. also what is a good way to clean these 1 gal jugs there was a little wine sitting in the bottom for whos knows how long. also i got a siphon and two airlocks today. the guy said you have to fill the airlocks up with something he said the best is sanitizer since it doesn't...

thank you i checked my SG level today and i'm at 1.020 should i wait till it gets closer to 1.00

thanks cintipam also my 2 gal fermenting bucket the juice and skins are rising closer to the top and i hear the air leaking out that justs started to happen today is that something i should worry about

thank you guys. it fermenting now its bubbling it almost looks like its boiling. and i push the cab down and stir 3+ times a day. also for the secondary fermenting do the jugs need to be clear or can the have a green tint i cant seem to find my carboys, maybe they got lost in the move. but i did...

thank you kind sir and i added sugar and im around 1.080 now

Hello you guys i have gotten most of my supplies and already crushed my grapes. They are sitting in a 2 gallon fermenting bucket and i added some campden tablets to the must yesterday. here is a reading of the juice should i add more sugar? also for my yeast how much would i add. since its a...

ok so i took a reading here is a picture what do you think of that also i am using a 2gal bucket and it is near full

thank you for your response. so i picked up most of my supplies i need at the moment. i just crushe all my grapes and put into the fermenting bucket. im going to take a reading now also ive been reading but i am getting mixed answers. for the campden pills when i crush them and mix them in do i...