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Thank you. As I am now letting it clear and degas do I leave the airlock off or still on the demijohn?

Thanks for this. Can you give me any idea what nutrient to use and if I need to use pectin when using concentrate juice.

Thanks very much. I have Campden tablets which are indeed potassium metabisulfite so can use those instead of kmeta. Says in packet to crush one tablet per gallon of wine. Now only need to find out about the pectin enzyme.

Oh so many questions. I am in the U.K. And not sure what kmeta is over here. I have purchased wine yeast in sachet form and will buy normal sugar from supermarket. I have campden tablets as well although I thought they were for sterilising. So if I am making either pear or peach wine do I use...

Thanks johann. Excuse my ignorance but is the kmeta the stabiliser or the finings?

As I am about to rack my wine from the demijohn with all the yeast and stuff in it into a clean sterilised empty demijohn do I add the other chemicals that came with the kit. According to kit instruction I have to add the wine stabiliser chachet and a wine finings chachet and leave for 24 hours...

Hi folks. I bought a small wine starter kit ( 5 litres) and it has finished fermenting and now I have racked it off into another demijohn to start clearing and hopefully maturing so now I am going to make another batch from scratch and need help from the wise and informed . I want to make...

Thanks everyone for the helpful tips

Ok. Thanks very much. Can I over ferment it if I leave it for another couple of days. It's still bubbling all be it very slowly now and was just wondering if the bubbles slow down as it's nearing its end of fermentation when all the sugars have been turned to alcohol. Does anyone know why the...

Ok thanks guys. The wine in my demijohn now seems to be getting a head on it like beer ha ha is this normal. I have a heat belt around it and it's near the top keeping the wine at 24 degrees since the start.

Thanks guys. I am keeping an eye on the airlock as it is now still bubbling but very very slowly. I take it that when the bubbling stops then the yeast has done its duty or can it still be fermenting when there are no bubbles rising in the airlock? From what I have read always go with what the...

Hi folks. Just joined this forum as it seems a wealth of knowledge. I recently bought a wine started kit and have been bitten buy the making bug and went and bought a few more items to help me. I bought a Chardonnay kit and put it into a demijohn and followed all the instructions so far...