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I finally have enough wine in bottles that I can do a little more aging before bottling on my next batches... I predominately am making kits ... so ... if I can give the wine some time to bulk age in the carboy ... where do I stop in the written instructions? I'm assuming the K-met goes...

i just received a renaissance castel de papa (mosti) with an additional allgrape pack. the instructions from mosti don't mention when to add the grape pack ... would it be when it mentions dried raisins? other ideas? those of you tweekers ... any ideas of ways to play with this kit to bring out...

Spent a couple days in the woodshop ... and came out with room for 150 bottles ... I know I found the initial pattern on these boards somewhere ... I'm sorry I cant find them now to give credit where due! But thank you! Oh .. and with 4 batches currently in process and 7 waiting to be done...

What things could keep a kit wine from clearing?? (Green Apple Riesling) It is thoroughly de-gassed over several days ... and after 2 weeks of the included clarifiers i whipped again and added sparkloid ... is still dropping sediment ... and still quite cloudy. Do kits ever get pectin...

just finishing my 3rd batch of DB ... and for the second time i think i'm plagued with haze. it's been a month since stabilizing .. and still cloudy ... i already enzymed it for a second time a week ago .. still a haze. followed the traditional DB recipe ... except for adding some extra...

Totally strange question … We live in an area with no local source for wine-making … when we travel I try to search for shops along our route. But when I do internet searches I usually come up blank .. (or find only listings for mail-order) … while I love my mail-order companies I'd also...

Appreciate you expert's advice... Started an island mist 3 days ago. But got a chance to go see my kids tomorrow out of state for a couple days. SG is currently 1.022. Supposed to rack at 1.010 or less. Ill be gone 4 days or so. So the question...rack now before its dropped or wait and let it...

i'm thinking about making an f-pack to add back some of the berry flavor to a dragon's blood … which has gotten me thinking (dangerous, i know) when you make the f-pack it looks like you start with fresh fruit, sugar, water and maybe acid blend … simmer down … then what?? do you add it...

Is there a rule? When you put a date on the bottle … which date do you choose?? Year the grapes are from? Started fermentation? Finished ferment? Finished bulk aging/bottling time??

Ok .. still working on the Spanish Trio Limited Moved it to secondary 5 days ago. Instructions say to leave it in secondary for 10 days. Today I checked and CO2 bubbles have stopped in the airlock. SG is 0.992 (listed range was 0.990-0.996 for completion) So … do I stabilize now the...

I have a Coastal White cleared and "ready" to bottle .. but i'm thinking it's a little bland. I need to bottle a bit of it just to get the carboy available .. but if i put 3 gal of it into the smaller carboy .. what could i add at this point to maybe perk it up a bit??

Hey there experts … quick question I've started the Limited Trio … it came with 3 kinds of oak … all added in primary … when it comes time to rack to secondary how much of the oak should be left behind … seems like a lot of wood and i'm just wondering how much must i'll end up having to...

Hey there experts ... need some advice ... I'm 4 days into a Coastal White in primary ... SG is at 1.030 today (start was 1.088). I'm trying to keep the room warm, but it's occasionally dropping the temp into the 60s since its been outside temps in the negatives ... so that may effect my...

Hmmm .. any ideas?? I am working on a Coastal Red. Has been racked once in secondary already about 6 weeks ago (A bit more than a week after stabilizing). I thought it looked pretty clear at the time and did leave as much sediment behind as possible. I thought the carboy looked like it may...

I'm getting a batch of "SkeeterPee" started soon ... but my DH is thinking his delicate sensibility will preclude him from drinking something with such an indelicate name .. yah i know .. crazy foo' .. anyway ... I'm looking to y'all to give me some alternative names for skeeter pee (and...

Surprise … Surprise … I have a few friends that have decided to save their empties for me (i think they see a payoff coming :) ) anyway .. one of them just gave me a batch that she didnt rinse very well and i can smell musty or mold … I scrubbed them with a brush to get all the sediment our...