Just picked up my first 2 kits
First is the Island Mist Peach Apricot Chardonnay
Second Island Mist Blackberry Cabernet
im going to be starting one of these shortly after they arrive, once i empty up my good primary.
....but it will void the warranty and extend the fermentation a little.
This stuff goes down like juice!
Don't forget to check the SG after adding sugar so you know where you began and calculate your ABV.
We added the fpack to our blackberry a few days ago. I was initially worries that it would be too sweet, like the one at the store (non-alcoholic, of course). It's much less sweet than I thought and looks like it's going to go down like liquid-awesome. Uh oh
well all activity has stopped in the airlock, do you folks usually give it the 10 days then stabilize or do you just go ahead and stabilize once you hit 0.996/dry?
In my experience, Island Mist kits will probably drop to around .992 (although I haven't made any in a few years). Make sure that the fermentation has stopped (sg stable) before adding the K-meta, sorbate, and F-pack. If you don't, the yeast will probably ferment the sugars in the F-pack.well all activity has stopped in the airlock, do you folks usually give it the 10 days then stabilize or do you just go ahead and stabilize once you hit 0.996/dry?
GreginND
why do you wait to clear before adding f-pak? dont you have to wait for it to clear twice at that point? Im guessing you do this to help eliminate all chances of fermentation restarting but just curious.
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