Recent content by timmer73

I just soak mine in kmeta and warm water for a few minutes then add.

This canuck would love to have the all in one.

Hi Steve Do you ship to Canada? thanks

Its been about 3 weeks since I racked from the clearing stage. And about a week since I racked over the copper which helped. This is a 4 week kit, and has now been sitting for 6. Ruduless should be here today, I'll pitch that in and see if it combats the off smell. It has to be the...

I'm guessing that is it. Yeast was stressed out and produced the bad small. I'm hoping the ruduless fixes the problem and we can enjoy our wine

Would not degassing enough give it an off smell? My wife says it smelled a little "poopy" before I used the copper pipe. It defiantly smells better now but I am still going to use the ruduless before I bottle. Just trying to figure out the cause. I'm leaning towards the water I used as...

I used the water to start the kit, I topped up with similar red wine. The yeast was javelin 1118. I'm thinking the yeast did not have enough nutrients and got stressed from using the reverse osmosis water?

hello all I decided to give winemaking a go here, local wine store use to make for me but thought I would try to save some money and take up a new hobby. I got the Costco euro Barolo/cab for $39. I realize this is a cheap kit but my wife and myself don't mind it . Long story short, I...

I'm doing the same kit. Its in the secondary ferm stage which is almost complete. Abv is .994. it has the same residue as yours, this wine smells great so far. Maybe from the currents or oak which was added in the primary ferm?

Thanks for the info. I will leave out. I figure the less chemicals the better.

Thanks for the info. I'm in the process of making a amorone and in the instructions it has me adding the sorbate before I degass. Do you recommend or is it better to leave out. I will not be back sweeting.

Hello What is the purpose of the potassium sorbate?