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Negative Wade .... I have a mead that is currently barrel fermenting and will be transferring the Zinfandel I made into it when that is finished. - GL63

Racked off the lees into a clean and sanitized 5 gallon carboy and 1 gallon jug - which is about 2/3 full. I topped the jug off with CO2 and gave a little shot of CO2 on top of the wine in the carboy beforesealing with a bung. Not much left to do at this point other than wait 3 years or so...

Nice Job Man !!!

JAO will finish sweet - almost cloyingly so - when made exactly as the original recipe describes, including the use of bread yeast. I'm going to guess that your recipe was somewhat altered? - GL63

Yes.My logic is .....why not let the bulk of the solids precipitate out early?I figure that it would not hurt to use it. However, I am fully aware that there are many who would not even bother with a clarifying agent if they were goingto be bulk-aging for as long as I will beasthe wine would...

There was about 1/2" - 3/4" of lees and oak on the bottom of my 6 1/2 gallon carboy, so I would venture to guess about 3-4 cups. <UL> <LI>Completed degassing using my Mityvac <LI>Added K-Meta per instructions and stirred well <LI>Added Clarifying agents per instructions and stirred...

SG = .996 Racked into another clean and sanitized 6 1/2 gallon glass carboy. Started my de-gassing procedure using my Mity-Vac which involves the following: <UL> <LI>In the evening, I bring the pressure down to 20" hg. I'll do this several times until it it time to go to bed, as it will...

I checked the SG yesterday and itwas .996, so I am planning on racking my Amarone when I come home this afternoon. I will update this thread later today. - GL63

Fermcap-S. An anti-foam agent that can be used during fermentation to eliminate messy blowoff. As soon as fermentation is over, this insoluble compound settles out and remains behind when the beer is racked. It will not affect the finished beers flavor, appearance or head retention. Can also be...

Good point smurfe, but it's interesting thatI have never been successfulin using Fermcap-S to control blow-overs. I just tried it (again) a few weeks ago with with a Braggot I made, but had to resort to using a blow-off tube. With that being said, I'vebeen 100% successful in controlling...

I started using Fermcap-S about 12 batches or so ago, and I have not had a single boil-over since - that's including when I have my burner on 'full-blast' with the cover on. Try some - this stuff works great ! - GL63 PS - Welcome to the board, man !!!

I think Swede's idea will work out great .... - GL63

Eventually this barrel will be used for long-term (1-2 years) aging, but as you know,there is aLOT ofoakiness in new barrels so Ihave to plan a bit before I can actually do that. My plan is to assemble a batch of a chard-style mead and actually barrel-ferment this one - I plan on doing this...

Looks like your crossed fingers worked Wade as there is no indication of any external leakage at this point (the barrel has been out of the tub for about 1 1/2 hours now and the surface is starting to dry) - hopefully this issue has been resolved. I'll continue to monitor throughout the course...

Me too !

Not yet ..... It's sitting in my bathtub now filled with hot water and completely submerged in hot water. I will leave it in for 24 hours, drain it, refill it with hot water and keep an eye on it. Hopefully this will do the trick. If not, I'll call Sandor .... - GL63

TinaLouise, I'm going by the seperate sheet that was included with my Meglioli kit - it says to 1) Add the raisins after pitching the yeast (which I did) and 2) rack off the raisins when the SG gets down to 1.020 (which I will). The current SG of my must is 1.035 so I will be racking...

Thanks Wade .... I'm sure it will be fine. What I'm finding out is that slight leaks are farily common in barrels - guess that's one of the reasons people don't want to mess with them! The reason I chose this size is because I have plans on making wine from grapes starting this fall, and I'm...

Although not included with any kits, nor even mentioned in the instructions that come with kits, I always use these products when rehydrating my yeast. Must be due to the fact I started with meads, and have made more than a few high-gravity (1.125+) batches and have NEVER had any issues with...