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  1. cpfan

    Primary Fermentation

    i use a lid that does not seal tightly (the lid & pail were designed that way for fermentation) and does not have a hole for an airlock. I believe that it is better than using a towel but it's basically the same thing. Steve
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    Fermentation Question

    Sounds like you have a beer hydrometer. Wine should ferment to about .995. Although you instructions talk about watching the bubbles, that is a poor thing to do. Trust your hydrometer reading. Bubbles will escape depending on a couple of factors, principally temperature. Steve
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    Wal Mart water bottles

    There are hundreds (or more) different PET plastics. Just having the 1 logo does not mean that it is "correct grade". The 1 is a recycling symbol, not a manufacturing symbol. It just means that it can be recycled with other PET plastics. As mentioned above, how does the ph of the liquid...
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    Can I rush it?

    Igobru brand. Thanks for that info. Personally if those are the instructions, I will not be purchasing that brand EVER. Five weeks in primary? Is it at least in a carboy or something with an air-lock and limited head-space? Steve
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    Question-Leaving for 5 Days and my kits aren't quite ready for carboys

    Wine in primary for a month or two? ***NOT*** what I would call a recommended practice. Steve
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    Question-Leaving for 5 Days and my kits aren't quite ready for carboys

    As far as I'm concerned if the sg is 1.005 or less, it's good to rack to carboy. Steve
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    WineXpert Slight tweak to Vintners Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

    Whatever yeast you choose make sure that it likes concentrate. I believe that Vintners Reserve is a mostly concentrate kit. Steve
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    RJ Spagnols Best White Kit

    Ken Ridge Showcase German Gewurztraminer. We added the Suss Reserve to primary, and made it dry. This brand no longer exists. Might be called Atmosphere now. Steve
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    strang Sg

    The cap and CO2 do NOT mean that fermentation is very active. They mean that CO2 is coming out of solution. It is possible that fermentation is complete (or almost complete) as the .994 indicates, and CO2 is still coming out of solution. As already mentioned, the CO2 in the wine is affecting...
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    Beginner needs some advice (Few Questions)

    Did both methods fully degas the wine? Personally I find that a round-and-round action is not as successful as a back-and-forth method. Thus I don't think a drill helps much. Temperature is more important. A warmer wine degasses faster. One month minimum for either kit. Longer aging is...
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    After clearing and stabilization

    I'm sure that these are just typos; however, please do not add sulfate. The proper product is sulfite, specifically potassium (or sodium) metabisulfite. Steve
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    Is my wine dead?

    After a "few weeks", the sg will be below 1.000 (which happens to be below 1.020) possibly .995 or .992 which is consistent with "the hydrometer plunged to the bottom". The sour taste could be a lot of things. It's likely a dry wine and you prefer sweeter (as BernardSmith suggested). Which of...
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    WineXpert HELP Eclipse Sauvignon Blanc NZ has two diff Yeasts!

    Several of the Eclipse kits come with two different yeasts. Sorry I don't recall the reasoning provided by Tim Vandergrift but I don't think it was the reason that Boatboy provided. Perhaps somebody can provide the link to Tim V's comment. Steve
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    Clarification on a kit wine

    Out of interest .... what is the kit that you are making?
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    Other Fermenting a kit dry that wasn't meant to

    Some kits are off-dry because they contain a sweetening bag to be added after the sorbate. If this is a suss-reserve (ie juice), I generally add it to the primary fermenter instead of some of the water. If it appears to be a sugar addition (usually less expensive kits), I don't use it all. I...
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