tonyt
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So when did Wine Expert kit instructions start saying to add K-meta at the beginning of their step 4 (racking and Clarification)? This is the new (my first) Eclipse line, the Lodi Cabernet. I started it mid March, fermentation went very well. Stabilized and cleared end of March at SG .994. Let sit for a month and racked today noticing a NOTE in the instructions that if you want to age more than 6 months you should add 1/4 tsp of K-Meta at this step. I have always added about every three to four months counting from the day I added the K-meta during Stabilizing and clearing step, usually a month earlier. Adding it now seems like double. So for those of us that aren't chemists and don't have the $$$ gadget to measure, should we add at clearing and racking then every 3 or 4 months or skip the second dose when racking off sediment and count from the stabilizing step?
edited to add: This stuff is crazy good, hope it holds for several months till I bottle in late fall or early 2014.
edited to add: This stuff is crazy good, hope it holds for several months till I bottle in late fall or early 2014.