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I recently purchased two Italian made carboys and they are spot-on 23 liters. I NEVER get 30 full bottles at bottling time though...... I think it has something to do with my 'sampling' I suspect:dg (Oh and I was transferring between them and my old ones without issue.)

I have a cat and a black lab so yes pet hair is an issue. We scrub and clean the kitchen and move the pets to another room when we do our wine. Also, I've found that with the ALLINONE wine pump system, after the primary, the whole process is pretty much closed so we don't worry as much about...

It's sitting at about 70 now because it's in the kitchen and it's warmer there. I'm wondering if siligel and liquigel is just All-Juices' brand name for superkleer. It sure sounds like it given that it's a two part clearing system. I'll give it another week and if I don't see any change I'll...

Hey Brian, not in a big hurry I guess, I have three other carboys so I'm ready to fire up my Passport Series Brunello soon. I'm just seeing the clearing process come to a grinding halt with no changes in about a week.

Hey big thanks to Jericurl and Sour Grapes for answering my question on the yeast. I'm picking up a Passport Series Brunello tomorrow night after work so maybe I'll try a different yeast with that one. I'm into the more full bodied Italian wines that have higher ABV content and I've...

Just wondering if anyone else on here has made this kit and had problems with it. My complaint is with the instructions, which were explained to me as 'generic' for the 4 week kits from All-Juice. I should have know better because my kit was the full 23 liters (6 gallons) and so should have...

Sounds good, count me in!:dg

Just curious....what's the issue with EC-1118 ?

Hmmmmm, decisions decision.......14 Hands hot to trot methinks.

Cat My cat found a nice place to take a nap on top of the carboy boxes safely up and away from the dog!:gn

Not sure if I'm going to go with sparkalloid or superkleer I made this Viogner and followed the instructions but realized that they were generalized instructions in the kit and didn't apply to the premium 6 week kit....not amused with All-Juice Master's Edition right now for that and other...

Yeah I think for $20/each or so I'll just replace them if I can't get the smell out...I don't want to chance anything. I have a nice All-Juice Master's Edition Viognier waiting to go but I'm not going to start it unless I'm 100% sure about the fermenter.

I've had the lid off just to air it out and still pretty smelly.....if I leave the lid on for a day or so it's really smelly. They only have about 5 batches run through them 10 years ago but I'm wondering if it has something to do with the age. I'm going to try the oxyclean tonight and see if...

Hi I've just gotten into making wine again after taking about ten years off. I started off a couple of Amarone kits in my older primary plastic fermenters and now I've racked them into some glass carboys. I cleaned my plastic primary fermenters with water/one-step solution/and then a strong...