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I recently made an Eclipse Forza kit that came with the "new" standardized instructions that supposedly all Global Vintners products are now coming with. I have to state that if I had chosen this kit as my very first (I've got about 150 under my belt, and in my belly) I would have certainly ruined it and probably never made another WinExpert kit. The most blatant errors?:
Top primary fermenter to 22.75l mark (really, 22.75l?),
line a 1 litre (4 cup) container with the muslin bag, add grapeskins and rinse out bag with 1 cup warm water, add it to the container (I don't know how I would get 2.25l of stuff in a 1l container.),
add the metabisulfate and sorbate directly to the wine (I know I read in several articles that meta does not mix well in wine, hence the "disolve in water" instruction)
I suppose 2 less rackings make it easier for the u-vints, but less racking also means more sediment, increasing the need to filter (I haven't filtered in years)
Step 4 has a wrong day number, even for a five week kit
I could go on but... anybody have a clean copy of the old eclipse instructions?
Top primary fermenter to 22.75l mark (really, 22.75l?),
line a 1 litre (4 cup) container with the muslin bag, add grapeskins and rinse out bag with 1 cup warm water, add it to the container (I don't know how I would get 2.25l of stuff in a 1l container.),
add the metabisulfate and sorbate directly to the wine (I know I read in several articles that meta does not mix well in wine, hence the "disolve in water" instruction)
I suppose 2 less rackings make it easier for the u-vints, but less racking also means more sediment, increasing the need to filter (I haven't filtered in years)
Step 4 has a wrong day number, even for a five week kit
I could go on but... anybody have a clean copy of the old eclipse instructions?