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Please count me in. Cellar Classic Super Tuscan

I racked down and sweetened this weekend. I had a little unsweetened left in the gallon car boy so I chilled and added Splenda, it tasted really good. Has anyone ever back sweetened a whole batch with Splenda ?

I also had this interesting fact (well, interesting to me anyway). I started with 9 pounds of fruit, when I removed the fruit bag after the ferment, it only weight slightly under 1.25 pounds. I just found that interesting.

Thanks everyone I guess I'll just let it sit for a while. I am assuming that I do not need to add any more sparkalloid

I simmered it for eight minutes and added it after degassing. I wasn't sure if I degassed enough so I was going to go to degas again when I noticed it floating on top

What is this stuff in my DB!? I followed Dave's original recipe (except I added 9 lbs of fruit). This morning, after a few days at .994 I racked to my secondary, added the sparkalloid, degassed and went out. When I came home I went to check on my DB and found this. Was it not done...

That really is too bad.

Whew! Thanks so much! I was so upset with myself when I realized that I forgot. I think I'm getting old and forgetting stuff. :)

Yesterday morning I started a batch of DB. Last night, I realized that I washed and sanitized all of my equipment, except for the primary. I washed it but forgot to sanitize it. Did I ruin the batch? Should I chuck it or just continue on and hope that I didn't have any nasties in the primary?

Bill, I'm no pro, having only one DB under my belt, but I just tied the bag closed. I was using a paint strainer bag and had enough room to tie it. Good luck!

Dave, good luck to you and your wife. You will both be in my prayers.

It's just a grape pack but a pack of grapes that have been raisinated (I think that's what's its called).

I can't say for your kit but I'm in the middle of making a CC showcase Amarone and I had a grape pack. I was to put that into the primary and discard before racking down to the carboy.

Thanks for the heads up on this deal! I just broke one of my 6 gal glass carboys this weekend when I was about to wash it. I guess I put it down harder than I should, but not by much...so it cracked. I'm going to try these bubblers for a secondary and then age in glass.

Thanks Geek

Hello...I just started my Amarone this morning and had a question. Per the instructions, I added the grape pack (what a pain getting out of the bladder) and started everything going. My question is, if you're adding the fruit in the primary, why wait to secondary to add the enzyme? I'm...

Good tip, thanks Rocky.

Thanks Pam

Thanks...after thinking about it, and looking at other threads, I think I'm going to buy a 10 gallon brute. Do you think I could drill that for a spigot? I like racking from a spigot...i find it easier to deal with the lees.

I'm home for a "snow day" and decided that I would start my CC Showcase Amarone. I opened the box and looked at the instructions and it states that I should have an 8 gallon primary. The primary that I've been using is only a 6.5 gallon. Do I have to go buy another primary?