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Do you need to stir it up when tasting for oak? I could see it potentially being a stronger taste closer to the cubes on the bottom. And I meant would you delay doing a stage like clarifying it until after it's been aging in the carboy for 3 months.

Haha, this is going to be really tough!:dg

1 year on top of the 3 month bulk age? Thanks for the replies so far y'all.

Thinking of getting a Vadai 23L hungarian med toast… - Do I have to have a free SO2 tester if I'm going to use a barrel? If so, what's the most affordable option that will actually do a good job? - How many wine kits would you recommend me having ready to go in bulk aging before I got my...

Previously, I have just bottled on time according to the instructions from the wine kit. I want to bulk age for the first time on this one to really maximize my results. A little background info- I'm a college student living in off-campus housing. My wine making room is a small storage room...

Have you bought grapes from Barley & Vine?

So what did you do? Just wait it out? Do you remember how long it took to fall? I was thinking that I could pour out the top part (with all the blobs), degass it completely, fill with a store-bought port, and then use sparkalloid. Thoughts?

Thats a thought but no I didn't..

Any idea on what to do? I have been trying I degas it further but it hasn't been working.

Here's a photo from farther back.. It appears to me that there are small bubbles in the Chitosan (sp?). I think I might need to further degas.

Thanks for the response, I degassed according to the instructions for the kit. It's the Winexpert chocolate orange port. Think I should try and further degas??

Bump. Anyone seen this before? Is this normal?

Is this normal to see after you've added the ingredients for stabilizing & clearing? TIA

Haha good to see other CFB fans on this site. Do you buy any local GA grapes?

I'm in the Atlanta area. How many grapes would I have to buy to get in? I'm trying to find a local place in GA I can buy from for next year but I'm not sure where I can buy from.

Hope to learn a lot from everyone! I have a WE chocolate orange port that will be getting bottled on January 1st that I'm really excited about.