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Just had a look at them and they all have a thick foam layer on top now. It looks like this might have nudged them in the right direction. I will give it a few days and report back.:pic

Thanks! I just gave all 3 carboys a good 2 minutes stir from the bottom and now have them fitted with coffee filters rather than airlocks. I will continue to stir them twice a day as you and djrockinsteve suggested. :h Lots of good info here for next time i make a batch! Thanks for the reply's.

Thanks for your input - How about if i take off the airlocks and use cheesecloth with an elastic band to cover the carboy holes? Or just keep the airlocks on and as said before stir the carboy from time to time with new yeast added. I used to have an air stone with a very small oxygen tank for...

Thanks for the info guys. I think i will follow the advice given and also buy some more yeast its cheap anyways and see if it helps things out. :hug

15 gallons of wine in 3 five gallon carboys. 2 of the carboys had a SG of 1.09. 1 of the carboys had a SG of 1.12. I did make the mistake of adding the yeast then taking the reading so i hope that doesn't mess things up too much for me. Thanks for the reply.

I started some fruit wine from concentrates about a week ago two are with 6 cans of welches and no preserves on the can and added 5 pounds of sugar added to each carboy. I used 1 pack of EC-1118 yeast with yeast nutrient with them. I didn't rehydrate the yeast i just threw it in and gave it a...

Just signed up after looking around as a guest for some answers to my questions. I am from Canada BC and just started a few batches of fruit wine tonight. See ya around the site.:b

Thanks for the reply's! I am new to making wine but have done beer a few times. I got the answers i wanted from the members here and the search engine you have on the forums. Just finished making 15 gallons from fruit concentrates. I will be sure to post my results. Thanks again.:D

Think i will just skip the chitosan and try something else next time im in town. I wanna brew tonight lol so i will skip the fining agents.:ib

Hi, Im a bit confused i just came back from my homebrew store and i asked to buy some wine finings and i was given 3 packs of #5 Chitosan/Chitine. I started out looking for when do i add this item and it looks like i add it after i rack into the secondary? I also was looking for more info...