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Thanks for your contributions. It appears it was not a useless question after all. Good observation bro! I had never thought about soap side-effects on head and carbonation. Eventually, I decided to go with hot water and good hand scrub. And Campden tablets addition into the juice...

Hi everybody, I've planned on brewing apple cider. I have a very noob question, which I have not been able to find an answer on google and brewer forums. Here is the question: Can I use sanitizer solution to wash the apples? I'm using ChemiPro Oxi to sanitize my brewing...

Thanks folks! I've heard that you get better results if you clarify the wine some days (or weeks) after it's been racked. Which makes sense since you don't waste the clarifying properties of your fining agents on the debris you could have left out by racking. So ---> Good on you...

Hi folks, Just a quick question about wine fining: Is there any problem with adding SO2 and fining agents at the same time? I'm considering adding fining agents + SO2 at the same time, then racking the next day (or in 2 days). I just want to minimize the exposure to air (by limiting...

Fair enough! I should bear in mind that overdoing SO2 would bleach the colour out (and probably some nice flavours as well). Brilliant feedbacks. Thank you.

Thanks for your contribution folks! So, the way I understand free SO2 level now: It's not necessary to have the free SO2 needed level ALL the time. For instance, I would not need a 55ppm free SO2 level all the time ? It's more like a protective buffer? And it doesn't matter if a percentage...

Hi everybody, I'm new in winemaking; and I have a question concerning SO2 level management: Should I add more SO2 than needed just before racking; so the SO2 would never lower below the needed level ? Or should I compensate AFTER the free SO2 has fallen below the needed level; and...