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Well it has set about 2 hours on the counter in the carboy so i opted to just go ahead and rebottle it alot of sediment had already fallen. We left half a bottle or so in the bottom and just pulled off the top. Thanks everyone for the input i think we should have let it set a bit longer before...

Looking for some advice We made a strwberry wine (Fresh starawberrys)about 6 months ago, we have given away a few bottles and have several left. We are noticing more and more sediment in the bottles. Today i opened all the bottles and poured them into a carboy through coffee filters to get some...

would you recomend using the bentonite to clear or just let it sit we are degassing today with a vaccum on the carboy which usually helps speed the aging in our kit wines.

Thanks bob and steve if i add concentrate do i need to add the sorbate?

Ok so here is the quick run down on 5/26 we started a 6 gallon batch of wine. Here is the ingredient list we used 20 lbs of day old picked strawberries topped and cut into chunks placed in a nylon straining bag and mashed by hand in he bottom of the bucket. approx 35 pts of water 10 lbs of...

Update, I called Winexpert they said to add bentonite and they would send us some. I stopped at my local store and picked up a package since i couldnt wait and added it in per the directions and overnight we were almost clear its been 3 days now and the wine is clear I racked today and plan to...

Sounds good Steve Ill give them a call monday Thanks everyone for the advice Ill let you know what we find out.

Steve thanks i was thinking about calling them. Is it possible that adding the sugar has caused this? This is our first time Chaptalizating a wine.

Arne its aroung 75 +- 1 Mike i looked back at the instructions and i didnt see that listed. What is on the list is Bentonite, Metabisulphite, sorbate, Fining agent, plus the Large juice bag, smaller juice pack and yeast. If you think it will clear in time we will just let it sit.

Ok on Feb 19th we started a strawberry white merlot Island mist by winexpert. we had an SG of 1.052 then added 4lbs of sugar giving us a new SG of 1.078. By March 3 it had stopped droping and stabilized at 1.006 so we racked to secondary carboy On March 11 with an sg of .0094 we added...

Thanks Putt I think you have a good idea with the starting another wine LOL. I think we will wait another week rack and wait.

Ok keep in mind I searched this which led to more confusion. We are 3 weeks into a 4 week 5 gallon kit of Zinfandel blush. We ferminted in a bucket for 2 weeks and racked into a carboy, while degassing the vacuum pump sucked the bung down into the carboy (oops i had the regulator turned up to...

Sounds like A Plan to me, Thanks UBB

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We are using a Spagnols Grand Cru Zinfandel Blush as our first. We just purchased another bucket and lid kit and another carboy last night. Looks like we are going to be frequent visitors of Our awesome local store Grapes and Grains....

Allright Racked into new bucket I feel better now that the leak is fixed plus I picked up a new spigot also. Oh and we couldnt resist we bought another carboy. My local shop is Awesome!!!!! If you are from around upstate South Carolina try Grapes and Grains, Ken and Janel are a trip and super...

Empty is illegal?

I agree on the buckets vs carboys we are definatly going to buy extra carboys but since we need a bucket that dosent have a hole in it LOL we are going to pick the bucket up first.

Julie wow I just checked the link in your signature. You have been busy.

UBB that is pretty much it. Julie that sounds great, we know we are going to make mistakes but we are going to try and keep them to a minimum:ib