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I don't mean to keep asking questions, but I'm new at this and it's a learning process. I'm doing my research but can't always find a clear answer for my questions. I racked tonight at 1.002 SG and there's a fair amount of carbonation going on, with bubbling in the air lock. Is this normal or...

Thanks for the tip!

Also, my recipe makes no mention of adding metabisulphite after the initial 1/8 tsp I used for my 3-gallon must. From what I've read it seems like I should be adding more fermentation is complete - another 1/8 tsp?

Gotcha. Thanks for the tip. My recipe says to rack the 2nd time when SG has reached .990. Is that accurate?

Making my first strawberry wine. Pitched KIV-1116 yeast on Thursday at 8pm after first 24 hours of the strawberry/pectic/etc. mixture sitting. Must has been at approx. constant of 75 degrees since then. My recipe says to rack once SG has reached 1.03 which should take 5-6 days. I started...

Ok, thanks for the help guys!

Making a red blend from a kit. First time making wine. According to the wine kit's instructions it was ready to bottle 2 days ago, but my friend and I have been too busy to bottle so far. How long can we leave it in the carboy before bottling? Will it harm it? It's been at a steady temp...

Thanks for the responses. We got it more degassed with some additional stirring. Temp is at 72 and has been for most of the process. We're degassing by stirring vigorously in the carboy. Should we rack into a bucket first for next time? There was some foam in our sample but not a ton of...

Making my first kit. I added my fining agent and I'm trying to degas but it seems to be taking awhile. Every time I shake up a sample in the test tube I still have some pressure. Any tips? Just keep stirring? Thanks

Yeah I expect a lot of trial and error before I have a good batch. We'll see what happens. I'll post my results either way

Got it. Thanks very much

Hey everyone. New member, making first wine (strawberry). Do bananas take the place of pectic enzyme in some recipes, or should you use PE in every fruit wine? The recipe I was initially going to use didn't list PE in the ingredients, but did list bananas (which most of the recipes for...