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Ok thank you very much for the help. I'm gonna opt for a similar wine instead of water

Hi , I just racked wine fir the second time. I racked the wine off the lees. So to be detailed, I racked from primary, to secondary, let wine clear, and racked again to another carboy. I lost a little bit of wine when I did this. It now sits just after the bend in the carboy. About 7 inches...

Thank you very much for the info!! I'm gonna rack it today

Recently I made Italian Nero Riesling kit. To make a long story short, it says on the instructions that it takes 7 to 10 days to clear. It has been two days and this stuff does not even have a single fleck of lees in it. Crystal clear. I understand it needs to age still but can it be bottled...

Hi I have a cab/merlot wine kit that I started about 2 weeks ago. I just moved it into secondary today. I want to try and rack a couple times instead of just bottling on the fourth week. Should I follow kit instructions up until the fourth week when I'm supposed to bottle but instead just rack...

Well I'm happy to update that the funky must taste/smell is almost not even noticeable in just four days after bottling. Any chance it had something to do with the lees in the secondary and once it got off that it's getting better??. I can't wait to taste this stuff in 6 mths

Ok thank you . So your saying if WILL age but it may not be consistent from bottle to bottle... Got ya John

This is sort of off but pertains to aging. I did this same kit and had the same amount of lees you did. However, instead of bulk aging I just bottled ( 30 bottles thanks to a steady hand!) I was wondering if it will age the same as bulk aging . Thanks ahead of time .

ok . I'm not familiar with how to back sweeten so I will be getting back to you in about a month . I hate dry whites. Thank you.

Just ordered a Vino Italiano Riesling kit. Any suggestions/reviews? Never made a white...

Ok thanks guys. Musty is pretty accurate actually ! It's just such a shame because you can taste the great flavor behind that unpleasant one. I guess I'll wait a while longer before I bottle then let it sit with my fingers crossed. Thanks again guys!

No I actually looked into some of the issues with the rotten egg thing but it doesn't smell anything like that. And the wine may very well be off balance however from research I've done that won't cause a fermenting smell. The smell is exactly the same as if you just start a fresh batch of wine...

Yumm that does look /sound good!

Hi I have a batch of cab that is in the final clearing stage. It's a chateau kit from amazon. I did nothing to the kit but scale it to just over 5 gal and added 60 oz of raisins. The SG is right where is should be and the batch is clearing nicely but it has a lingering smell/taste like when it...

Well that's sounds great! I'm sure I wouldn't mind any if them but I will have to do a sampling I think that will prob be my best bet since everyone's taste buds are different. And for the juice bucket, I will def be looking into one of those. Thanks for the suggestions! John