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    When do I rack my strawberry wine?

    If I drill/stir it won't I have to let it sit for a while or are you suggesting rack it and afterward drill/stir to de-gas?
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    When do I rack my strawberry wine?

    I started a strawberry wine, from fruit, in mid December. After i got the temperature up so that it started to ferment it was going fine. I racked 1st fermentation and the instructions said to wait 3-4 weeks before racking again, provided that the s.g. is 1.000 or lower. That has happened...
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    strawberry wine from puree'

    Wade, The e-blanket worked very well. It's boiling now and off to the races we go. Incidentally, my wife has the best carboy warmer on the East coast!!!:i But she still insists on no pics...but there is some pics of her on Corrados' web site from here in NJ...just google Corrado's and look...
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    strawberry wine from puree'

    Wine-o knows she is hot and HOT!!! So I only want the one good hot not the bad hot to come out. Sorry no pics!!! As per the wife!!!!:slp:spm
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    strawberry wine from puree'

    Luckily we have E-blankets that run on 10 hour cycles and have varying temps from low (1) to high (10). Actually that was a good investment at that time and now it seems that it might be more handier than I anticipated. My friend Wine-O, who turned me on to this site, suggested that I move it...
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    strawberry wine from puree'

    I'll try the heating blanket because if I brought the primary upstairs I would be living in the basement. Not that I really mind, but...
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    strawberry wine from puree'

    The temp. is about 65. I have it in my basement on top of a table. I have heard of a heat sleeve of some kind to wrap around the fermenter to increase or maintain a temp. I believe that I did get a false reading on the s.g on the first day. And I don't believe that I stirred it then. How...
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    strawberry wine from puree'

    When I say puree' it is actually Vintner's Harvest Strawberry Fruit wine base in a 96 ounce can. 1st-4.5 gals of warm water. 2nd-12lbs of sugar. 3rd-3 1/2 tsp. acid blend. 4th- 4 tsp. yeast nutrient. 5th- 2 1/2 tsp pectin enzyme. 6th- 1/2 tsp wine tannin. 7th- 5 crushed Campden tablets...
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    strawberry wine from puree'

    I recently started my strawberry wine and have followed the directions to the letter. The Specific Gravity is supposed to be 1.040 or less after 4-5 days. It is now day 7 and the s.g. is at 1.058, which has risen since it started(1.048). What is going on here and am I doing anything wrong? I...
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