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Step 3 wine kit questions … (VR Zinfandel)<?amespace prefix = o ns = "urnchemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" />
John and I checked the SG and tasted the wine this weekend. The wine tasted slightly sharp and had a very “yeasty” taste … is this we should expect at this stage? (10 days in carboy) The SG is .994 and there hasn’t been any <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">noticeable[/I] fermentation for the last 5 days. Will check the SG again today and see if there is any change before proceeding with step 3.
Does anyone besides me have trouble getting an accurate hydrometer reading? That darn thing always wants to lean against the glass. We’re using the Fermtech Wine Thief/Test jar Combo. If you have any “tips” let me know.
One more question ...at least for now
When we finished racking the wine to the carboy in step 2 we washed and sanitized everything as directed. This weekend I noticed that the vinyl tubing is cloudy and seems to have a film on the inside. Is this a problem?
Thanks to all of you for all your help on this first kit … this is a great forum!!
John and I checked the SG and tasted the wine this weekend. The wine tasted slightly sharp and had a very “yeasty” taste … is this we should expect at this stage? (10 days in carboy) The SG is .994 and there hasn’t been any <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">noticeable[/I] fermentation for the last 5 days. Will check the SG again today and see if there is any change before proceeding with step 3.
Does anyone besides me have trouble getting an accurate hydrometer reading? That darn thing always wants to lean against the glass. We’re using the Fermtech Wine Thief/Test jar Combo. If you have any “tips” let me know.
One more question ...at least for now
Thanks to all of you for all your help on this first kit … this is a great forum!!