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Hi folks, I’m making a Classic Cabernet Sauvignon kit from Master Vintner. Day 1 SG was 1.110, by day 11 it is 0.996 with very little active bubbling. Instructions tell me this should be happenening more like day 15-20. I understand the instructions are more of a guideline, but this seems...

This a a classic cab. After racking to the secondary with oak chips I let it sit and watched it bubble. Yesterday I stirred it and measured the SG at .098. Then all bubbling stopped. Right after stirring. Today I retacked it, added the rest of the chemicals, degassed and everything seems good...

Ok before I start, I'm going to search the forums b cause I'm sure eventually I'll find something. That said, I racked a classic Cabernet Sauvignon into the secondary. While in the Big Mouth Bubbler it kept popping the cap off. But the SG hit 1.010 so I put oak chips in the carboy and racked...

As I learn from first batch, and started my second a few things occurred to me that I haven't looked at yet. I'll search here but thought I'd ask in the mean time. My kit reads to keep the temp between 65-75. It's a moscato that has been consistently 68-70 and noticeabley behind the kit...

My wine kit directions state the first stage is 1-5 days, secondary is day 6-14, then stabilizing, degassing and clearing day 15-27. I understand these are suggested time periods and have been following my SG. That said I noticed a steady trend that has now slowed. And I'm on day 11 but still...

Anyone use organic water from the old Schmidt brewery?

Since I'm still learning about my first batch I can see where folks may have several different operations at once, or just start one right after another. What do you experienced folks do?

Hi folks. After thinking about it for too long I finally got a Master Vintner starter kit and a moscato wine kit. My wife loves moscato so I figured I'd learn on that and improve on the next one, cab. Anyway my question is on day one I measured my specific gravity at 1.098, temp 70. Day 2 was...

Starting my first try at this. A friend has close to 1000 bottles and I finally decided to try and catch him. Got a Master Vintner starter kit and trying Moscato because my wife likes it. I figured if I learn on her fave, I might be better on the second batch of cab for me. Any thoughts or...