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Hi all, Racked and started degassing my LE18 Barbaresco kit today after an 8 week primary with EM, and I was surprised that there were basically no foam, and very little bubbles coming up on the side of the carboy. Did a small taste before I started and I could feel a hint of fizz, but not...

Tasted it without any tingling note to it, but since I´m going to store it a shared basement, I sure want to avoid embarrassing myself :) Will pick up some 5 micron filters in case the 1 micron clogs up.

Thanks for your input. I gave it the mother of all degassings with a wine whip, basically not a single bubble coming out of it when I was done, so that will not be an issue. I noticed a few days after racking that there was a very thin layer of sediment at the bottom of the carboy, so there...

My first kit has cleared out really nice, and I wonder if there is any benefit to aging in bulk compared to bottles if I am not planning to do any adjustments. Since this is my first try with a wine kit, I want to see what a default kit can do, the only change I have made is omitting the...

Seems to work fine so far, fermenting like crazy, but not much foam. There were two yeast packs, one RC212 and one EC1118 that was pitched at the same time as per the instructions, which made me a little worried about headspace.

Good to know, since it is just my second kit, my first guess was that I did something wrong. But as you said, the skin pack was around 2.8kg so it might solve itself, not going to add anything, I will just see how it turns out. My main concern now is that I am fermenting in a 26.5 liter SS...

Yep, I actually checked that before I started. To reach 14% i would need around 1.100/0.995 , and maybe there is enough sugar in the skins to make that happen even if I doubt it, but it will be impossible to measure anyway, since the fermentation will start before all of that leeches out. No big...

One more round poking the bag and it is now 1.085, guess it will extract even more in a few days. Would be interesting to know the potential yield from the grape package, almost so I think they should mention it in the instructions.

Thanks for your answers, unfortunately I have already pitched the yeast. Went ahead and poked the bag a bit and then stirred, and the SG went up 2 points. I hope the rest will get extracted during fermentation. I don´t really care if I can reach 14% ABV, I just thought that 1.081 was way low for...

Hi all, first post for me, Been brewing beer for a number of years and decided to give wine making a try. I purchased 2 WE kits at different price points to see the difference in quality, but also to have a lower end kit that does not require the same aging time as the higher end kit. 1...