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He said, there is sediment in the bag! But said it smells fine. So he's going with it. Thanks ;)

Ordered a Sauvignon Blanc WE kit, husband let it sit in the basement (which is cool) for a few months. Opened it to make it, and he thinks it's dark. I have no idea, so I'm asking you guys. He did do the same thing with a Pinot Grigio once, it was also dark, and it came out fine. Should he...

I have the same problem as someone who posted earlier - Wineexpert kits are the only ones I can get around here. I am interested in following this thread, though, because if I ever go somewhere and see ones that have a good following --

He says the original reading was correct (whatever it was supposed to be, I don't have it in front of me now). Have not done an ending one, it's only been a week. We were thinking about doing another yeast in the morning. But give it a good shake? LOL :)

Husband making a batch of German Riesling (Wine Expert LE 25th anniversary) and it didn't ferment at all. Last batch we made, the airlock was bubbling within a couple of days. We did smell wine after a couple of days, but not so much now. It's been a week. Anything in particular we can do...

Thanks, all~ We chilled a bottle and had some last night, it was delish. We are figuring that with the holidays coming up, we will be taking wine everywhere, so hopefully we will be able to drink it all fairly soon....in case he doesn't want to bother degassing again!

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Yes it did dissipate pretty fast. And when I tilt a couple of the bottles to the side, I do see a few little bubbles. But nothing major.

He did degas it with a spoon. Probably should have used something else, I gather? And, if he doesn't do it again.....how long before we hear exploding bottles in the basement??

Ok thanks - and he asked me to ask, what happens if he doesn't? It *is pinot grigio. Not a red wine, thankfully. I wanted something easy for him to do for the first batch. By degassing, I am assuming you are talking about stirring the gas out of it, right? Would he have to let it sit for a...

p.s. it does not taste carbonated like soda. There are bubbles in a ring at the top of a couple of them. Some have a few along the side of the bottle.

He degassed it two weeks ago as per the kit instructions. It did everything it was supposed to do. The kit does not tell us to rack it first before bottling, however, when searching for answers to the bubble question, I see that we probably should have. To me, the bubbles are small. So...

Well, we made it thru - our Vintner's Best Pinot Grigio is actually pretty good. But the rack siphon that came with the kit did Not want to work for us. I think it also had something to do with the filler wand not allowing the wine to flow into the bottles very well. So husband decided to...

Well, we tested it again today and it was at 1.0. I guess it just needed a couple of extra days. So he siphoned it into the carboy and it's on its way - of course, there was another saga because the siphon didn't quite work the way it was supposed to.... We have a nice local homebrew store not...

That's what I thought, but I figured I'd ask. Just to not screw things up! Thanks ~~