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By the way I just checked my SO2 and it is now 40PPM. So time was the best thing to lower the SO2. The wine taste amazing!!! Gonna let it age another 6 to 8 months.

Thank you!

I'm just starting a new winemaking project. 6 gallons of Petit Syrah juice and 1 lug of merlot and 1 lug of Syrah grapes. I checked the PH and it was 3.51. I added too much tartaric acid. PH is now 3.08. But when I taste it it is very tart tasting. SO2 is 12 PPM. I feel I ruined this...

I'm hoping to get some guidance on a Pinot Grigio winemaking project I will be doing in April. This is the first time I'm making a white wine and will be using 6 gallons of Pinot Grigio juice. I wanted to know if you must use white grapes or if it is okay to use red grapes as well. If so...

So I should just let it be and check it again in about 3 to 4 months. I'll probably do that. Thanks.

Ahhh, I see. Lol.

I'll probably degass some more to lower the sulfite another 40ppm. Floandgary mentioned adding "TIME." I'm not sure I understood what it is and where to get it.

The taste has changed a bit but not much. The acidity is 3.50.

It's about 3 weeks after fermentation. It's red wine (Syrah).

I accidentally added too much Potassium Metabisulfite to my 5 gallon batch of wine. I tested it with an analyzer and there is 130ppm in the wine. I've read several post here that say "splash rack" the wine. Can someone please define splash rack? Does it mean siphon it to a bucket and then...

Thanks for the reply. However, even if I added more titration drops the 4.1 read out never changed and the instrument never beeped indicating I've reached my endpoint. Shouldn't the instrument have eventually beeped as I continued to add titration drops?

I'm hoping someone out there has a Vinmetrica SC-100A sulfite analyzer and can help me with my reading. So I followed the instructions step by step. 25 ml wine sample into my flask/beaker 02 ml Acid solution 02 ml Reactor solution Put on magnetic stir plate and begin stirring. Turn on...

Online Winemaking website - www.jazzmanwines.com After some time I have resurrected this website. I've made some updates and wanted some suggestions from home winemakers on enhancements on what they would like to see from a wine making website. I'm open to suggestions...

Yep, the glass was very thin. I was surprised how easy it broke. I will definitely buy two hydrometers next time. I actually made 6 gallons of banana wine but split the MUST into two 3 gallon batches and pitched different yeast types in each bucket. I'm so glad I did after what happen. Some...

That's a great idea. I'm sure my local brewery store has a filter I can rent or borrow. Does anyone know if there are any harmful gasses or chemicals inside hydrometers? Any info is appreciated.

I started some banana wine last Friday and have been stirring it once a day and checking the SG. Stupid me, I tried moving the straining bag a little out of the way, using the hydrometer, so I can get a reading and it broke in my hand. Some, but not much, of the pieces of glass fell on top of...

Added the grapes to the juice last night and added two packets of Premier Cuvée yeast to about 8.5 to 9 gallons of Merlot. Checked it this morning and there are signs of fermentation. Below is a picture of the primary must about 30 minutes after adding the yeast.

My original goal was to put the Merlot grapes into 7.5 gallons of Merlot juice. Should I do that 24 hours after adding the K-meta or do you suggest I ferment them separately? Thanks for your input.

One lug (18 lbs) of grapes. I'd say it had a little less than 1/2 a cluster of grapes with mold on it, 4 or 5 small patches on the top layer. The smell is not bad at all. Last night I scooped out the moldy patches, transferred the grapes to a clean sanitized bucket, and then added 7 to 8...

I got some Chilean merlot grapes and I was about to put them in 6 gallons of merlot juice and I just noticed they have some mold on them. I'm fairly new to winemaking and was about to throw them in the trash but decided to post a new thread to see if there is anything i could do to still use...