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Have another question in regards to clearing / back-sweetening. My DB was super clear after 7 days using Chitosan / Kiesosol so I began to rack off the lees, I am pretty bad at it apparently and sucked up enough to make the wine look cloudy again, after back-sweetening with a simple syrup and...

Hey Everyone, I have been following the original recipe (with a bit extra fruit) and its been a week since starting to clear and has finished. I am going to back-sweeten it tomorrow, but I noticed in the directions it says to wait another week after adding the sugar. Is this important...

Hey everyone, My first batch of Dragons Blood is coming along nicely (I think), I just hit 1.000 SG and removed the fruit bags (I used two since one wasn't big enough for the 8lbs of berries), and I am curious as to what others fruit bags looks like after they come out of the primary. I have...

Hey everyone, I just started my first batch of DB tonight, and maybe a little to hastily. I thought they berries were thawed enough to add to the primary but it appears they were still very very cold. The temperature is down to probably 45-50F, is there any problems with this? I haven't...

Thanks for the comments everyone. I will give it a month then taste it again and see if the harshness drops off a bit. And for next time I won't add any sorbate unless I plan to backsweeten and will do so right before.

Hey Everyone, I am still working on my first red wine kit, It has competed fermentation and went down all the way to dry at 0.995 SG, I am not sure if I want to back sweeten yet and am at the clearing stage, so I added the Sorbate anyway. My question is after leaving it to clear for a month...

Agreed, if you hadn't even pitched the yeast yet everything will be fine. :h

If the Pink Powered stuff is what I think it is, its basically powered bleach. I dislike the stuff altogether, a lot of people avoid it like the plague. It's only really used in the initial cleaning process and needs to be well rinsed. When sanitizing using K-META some people rinse, but I...

Hey everyone, Told you it wouldn't be long til I had my next newbie question.:h As I have learned kit directions are just a guide line and I am not sure when I should rack to secondary. Initially I was scared my yeast wasn't working, but over the last few days the SG has dropped...

Thanks everyone! I was paranoid since it was my first kit and couldn't tell what I should expect by day 2-3 and did not want to stray from the instructions as it said not to stir, but after everyone's advice and a gentle stir with a sanitized spoon and the fermentation is extremely active this...

Thanks for the quick response everyone. When I did my SG reading I gave it a gentle stir and it has noticeably more active bubbles now. Johny, the kit has a considerable amount of oak chips in it which is likely contributing to the solid look, I also went up and gave is a better gentle stir...

Hey everyone, I am just getting into my first wine kit and I am not sure if I am just not being patient enough for the yeast to doing its job or if something else is going on. I meticulously cleaned rinsed 4 times then sanitized the primary bucket, began making my kit following the...