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Hi all! So I have a kit that has been sitting in my basement far too long... I bought it about six months ago and just never got around to starting it... so how long can a kit survive in storage? My basement is probably a consistent 68 deg or so. I'm concerned that if I start now...

Hi all! I'm working on my third kit, a WE SE Argentine Malbec. The directions call for checking during day 5-7 for SG < 1.010 and if so to rack secondary, wait 10 days, check for SG < 0.996 and if so, begin stab&clear. Day one the SG was 1.093 at the must was 22.5 C. I didn't take any...

Hi again! So I'm about to bottle my first batch and have a second batch in secondary (CC Red Mountain Cab). I'm not expecting great things from the first, being a very inexpensive 5L kit. I am very hopeful for the CC kit but not looking forward to waiting a year to drink it (nor is the wife...

First off - thanks to everyone for being so helpful with the other questions I've thrown up here! Ok... so I'm working on my second batch, a CC Red Mountain Cab. As you may recall - I broke my hydrometer on the day I was supposed to rack from primary to carboy - no biggie... I let it sit in...

Hi all! I'm working on my second batch - a CC Red Mountain Cab. Based on some of the comments I have found here and elsewhere I'd like to bulk age it but this of course is a deviations for the instructions. The standard instructions call for: Day 1) Primary Fermentation (with first oak...

Hi all! Newbie making my second batch - a CC Red Mountain Cab. Today is day 11 and I spent the last hour or so getting everything ready to take a hydrometer measurement and probably rack to a carboy (directions say this should occur between days 10 and 12). However, I broke my hydrometer...

Hi all... newbie question that has probably been asked before but a cursory search through the forums didn't turn up anything quite like it. I'm working on my first batch of "4-week" kit wine. I just finished secondary fermentation, racked and added metabisulphite, kieselsol, and chitosan in...