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Sorry my bad it's at 1.085

So I sanitized went to look I dont have a tall bracket so I had to put the hydrometer in the primary fermenter first off my temp of room was at 64 I raised it 4 hours ago to 72 and observed bubbling soon there after!! So since it sat for so long Is that bad for the wine and also it went from...

I will go do that now!!! And sanitize

Sorry super new t ok this whole thing sorry for all the questions what do you mean bye sugar should be going down my gravity started at 1.100 and my kit says it should drop to .997 It says ti let it sit in the primary for 14 days so i havent opened it in 5 days should I open and measure gravity

So it was just brought to my attention that wine is supposed to "bubble" in the primary fermenter is this true? Mine isnt but its only been 4 days

I'm not in a hurry what I started above was me straight up following the directions which obviously dont say to add sugar so I was talking about the directions amd when in there to add the sugar not in a hurry at all I just dont know where in my steps I should add the sugar so that the...

So wanted to run this bye you. What I was thinking was after the "14" day formation I was doing to change it to the car boy where I where add the 2 packets let it sit in there for 2 weeks then take a sample about a cup six in sugar once right multiply that by total volume of car boy mix in let...

Awsome I will do that just a cou pl le quick follow up questions. What kind of sugar? And at what point should I taste and add sugar? After the packets are added before immediately after a week after thank you

I do have one but not a flask can I just give it a spin in the primary fermenter

Ok just to make sure I have it correct I understand the wood part but on the note of sweeting what do you mean by racking I'm assuming that in the glass carboy? Sorry really new thank you

Wow super super helpful. So since I dont want want a dry red I should or should not add the sorbet and I'll look through the forum for syrups but I shouldnt think about adding that till after the "14" day primary firmitation corrext?

So I started a merlot last night and it's my first project pretty exited!!! I do however want it to be a bit sweeter and have a strong wood barrel taste any suggestions???? All help is super super appreciated.

So I am doing a red kit. Why shouldnt I add the sorbet just curious and what does it do to the wine? Additionally I want It to have a really rich wood flavor and be on the sweeter side what could i do to achieve this. It is already in the 6 gallon primary fermenter with the air tight lid and its...

So I already stored in the oak and yeast in day one when the kit says to put yeast on top and let sit but thank you .

So yesterday while making wine for the first time I used a 6 gallon kit. I followed the steps exept one. ADDING THE WOOD. So after I out the yeast on top of the mixture i realized that and decided to mix the yeast and wood all in together. Would this mess up the wine????