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Thanks everyone... Being new to the hobby, I've "rushed" my other 3 wines so I have some inventory to drink (and to free up a carboy for the super tuscan!) but I'm going to hold off rushing this one, so I'll let it sit until day 28 or so and see what happens.

Hi All, I just started the Super Tuscan (based off of everyone's rave reviews) and I have a couple questions. To start, this is my 4th kit so I'm still learning and I followed the instructions without any modifications. The initial SG was 1.084 and went up 24 hr later after adding the skins...

Hi All... Meet Jake, the inspiration for my new found hobby

Thanks bernard, I mixed everything with a drill - probably an hour total and then vacuum degassed until it held steady at 21 inches overnight i then added the fining agents and mixed again for an hour+ until there was minimal bubbles, thats when everything then floated to the top... the picture...

saramac, the wine was at 993 for 2 days before stabilizing and clearing grapeman, it could make sense except I'm not at the beginning of degassing or atleast I thought since there was no fizz or "poof" when shaken

haha redboat.. guess i'll give it a day or so and see if it falls. Almost have the urge to just rack it, the wine on the bottom looks pretty clear

Thanks Tony - I took the advice from some other threads saying to follow the directions to a T the first few times. These instructions had me rack at 1.020 and then rack again prior to stablaizing and clearing. I the added everything seperately and mixed well in between each. Poloar, right...

So I added my clearing agents this afternoon (in the right order) and gave it a good stir w my drill. I just went down to check on it and noticed that theres a solid 1 inch layer on the top of my wine. I'm assuming this is sediment and it will fall to the bottom? Has anyone else seen this? This...

Thanks everyone for your advice, guess I'll have to keep being paitent!

Hi All.... working on my first batch, Winexpert's Chilean Merlot and I have a couple questions. I've been following the directions and been taking advice posted on other threads but when it come's to degassing I can't tell if I'm done. I racked to my secondary at 1.010 and it continued to drop...