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Did you add sulfites for the aging past 6 months? If I want mine to stretch for a year or longer, should I add more sulfites? Right now, my kit has gone just past the 2 weeks of stabilizing and is at the point where the directions say to bottle. My question is this: If I want to bulk age...

Thanks for the tips everyone. I'll be racking off the primary on Sunday if the gravity is right. Is topping off with water, as the instructions say, okay to do? And Robie, should I follow all the fining steps and then re-rack to bulk age for a couple months? Will this require adding sulfites?

1st kit: California Trinity Red, based on the recommendation from the owner of the local brew store. He said it's an early drinker, good value, and a good table red. He also said to following the instructions exactly, but .... Well, I had to at least rehydrate the yeast! Right? Right now...