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So I'm not brand new to wine making but still something of a beginner. Made maybe a dozen 6 gallon batches or so. Some from kits and some skeeter pee and some triple berry. So I made my first batch from grape juice a few months back. Chilean Riesling. Followed the steps needed...

Wine Reclouded After Bulk Aging So I'm not brand new to wine making but still something of a beginner. Made maybe a dozen 6 gallon batches or so. Some from kits and some skeeter pee and some triple berry. So I made my first batch from grape juice a few months back. Chilean Riesling...

Anyway finished mine a couple weeks ago and haven't had a chance to post but it turned out perfectly! Here is what we used to clear it up and it was crystal clear within like 3 hours of adding this in. It was amazing! And here is the final product, no labels or anything yet but it is a...

As an update if anyone cares I took a sniff inside today and it smells wonderful with no further stink of fire and brimstone.

Yes, of course you're right. I shouldn't have put that in. I added those doing step 4.

When we did our initial racking to the secondary there was some sulfury stink, anyone else get that? Maybe rhino farts or something to do with the K-Meta or Sorbate? Anyway will it go away if I let it sit for a while? We're completely clear wine at this point and thinking about probably moving...

ALLLLLLRIGHTY! Right out .092 currently and have removed the fruit pack from my first batch. My wife and I do wine stuff together on the weekend so I'm lucky enough to leave it in the primary for a few extra days to help get rid of some of the lees, etc. Anyway even without clearing it's a...

Yeah that's definitely the plan I was just curious about exposing it every day and eliminating that nice bubble of gas in there. Thanks! Also, I've seen a few suggestions but what does everyone top off with? Water?

Just dropped a batch of this Sunday, pitched yeast Monday and Did my squeezing today. Just curious though, isn't there a worry about contamination from opening this up every day??

So I finally got to sam's club and got all my ingredients and am super excited to try this. I had a couple questions though since I'm still new to all this: 1. When you say every day to squeeze the juice out of the bag, how hard am I squeezing? Like just enough to bruise the fruit or enough...