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    First-Time Kit Advice

    Also check out any local "home brewing stores". I have 3 in a 30 mile radius. Each is run by a very knowledgeable proprietor. They are well aware of the Internet: all prices are competitive. They also have stuff in smaller quantities: I just bought 0.5oz of French oak chips for 58 cents. Go...
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    Reuse skins/lees cake

    Fermentation for my 5gal frozen must cab sav has just finished and I pressed it into a little more than 3 gallons of wine. My idea is to reuse the press cake on a new kit from cab sav juice concentrate (Fontana 6gal) to let it ferment on the skins. Do I need to add new yeast, or will the yeast...
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    SG of 0.900 after fermentation

    Thanks for the encouragement, and yes, it is 0.990 (not 0.900). I had followed the SG during fermentation: Day 1: 1.090 Day 5: 1.030 Day 8: 1.002 Day 10: 0.992 Day 14: 0.990 Should I do the degassing step one more time ?
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    SG of 0.900 after fermentation

    This is my first attempt with a 4 week Cab Sav red wine kit. After diluting the grape juice concentrate (Bentonite, oak chips) the SG was 1.090. Added yeast, fermentation looked fine, lots of bubbles in the airlock, temp 65 to 75. At day 14, SG is 0.990. I racked it today into a carboy and added...
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