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:-) no idea. It came with it. I believe it is using DE to precipitate out impurities. I never used it.

Thanks for being so open to communicating with beginners!

when you say a year or two to soften, do you mean after bottling? Mine sat in the carboy for over 1 year (yeah, I'm lazy, but the bubbler was always attached and 100% sealed). I had very high tannin tastes, and I can wait if you think that is best. They are home grapes from a very very old vine...

Wish I would have seen this before. My wine sat in the final carboy for over a year with a few seeds-not much, but it came out with a lot of tannins. I think it was from seeds and stems in the first fermentation, but can't do anything about that now. I bottled them already and used a bit of...

This would have been a great find when I was starting out with winemaking. I'm very much a super novice, but tried 1/2 dozen times or so and loved it. I can't continue any storage or hobbies now as I need to downsize, so I'll follow more for interest than any more winemaking at this point. I'll...

Hi all, I'm new to this forum and after making wine 6 or 7 times, with variable success using my backyard grapes, I'm ready to hang up my vintners cap and support other local winemakers. If you are interested, please let me know. I'm not looking to make a lot of money, but don't want to throw...