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Let your wine juice sit in carboys before bottling.?.. I have 2 carboys of juice from the juice buckets, do you bulk age just like juice from grapes or do you bottle sooner. Both carboys are reds.. Malbec and cab/ merlot blend.. What's the earliest you would bottle these? Thks

Toro negro juice , smells good looks goods taste good!!! We will see in time!

Went into the carboy's today!.. Both smelled nice like cherry candy and the cab/ merlot blend smell's like raspberry pie..:))..so far so good!

Can I use fermaid k again for nutrients to my juice bucket I put 1 tsp in at 1.70..my ferment is at 1.30.. Can I give this ferment 1 more dose of fermaid k or not a good idea.?thk u

Just added A little over a tsp of fernaid k to each, and I packet of opti red to each, hope all go' s we'll with this. :)

I have fermaid k, how much should I add to each 6 gallon pail? And can I add opti red? Thk u

What should I add to it for nutrients ? I have go ferm, I have opti red will this help.. Thk u

Getting a little egg smell from juice buckets!, 3rd day of fermenting, it's fermenting away nice,, when I stir it up the smell is faint not strong but still a sulphur smell is this normal with these juice pails?..

Do you ferment your juice pails before they go in to the carboys?

:)). Think I will keep it in the pail for primary..:)))

Thk u for the help.. I'm going to open the lid and place back on loose and when it drops down to 1.010 I will snap it on and ad a airlock till dry .:)

Thk you, Julie did u remove the lid and just place it back on top or did you just put a airlock in the top of the pail?.thks kendo

Can you just ferment the juice in a carboy?.. What I'm asking is I have 2 buckets that I just got can I transfer the juice in my carboy and put a airlock on it and do the primary in the carboy instead of the pails?

Looking forward to it!!!..never made a malbec, heard lots of good reviews on the chilean malbec! Might grab a couple pails of this.. I wish my supply guy had luva bella or bello chilean pails... But he can only get toro negro brand.. Oh we'll!,,

Thk u!!. Going to do a cab/ merlot blend and a malbec and a pino Grigio white!