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Wine finished at sg .996 13.5% abv ph 3.27 ta 7.2 g/L on to clearing and aging.

If you add a full k-meta dosing at racking but end up racking two weeks later, do you hold off adding more k-meta until the 3 months when you may rack again or do you do a 1/2 dose or 1/4 dose since you had to rack it.

I do plan to rack again at least in three months or if not before depending how much lees drop out. It will stay in carboys at least a 9 months before bottling racking as needed. I just did not know how important it was to get those raisins out. 😂

So I racked my wine from primary this morning and it was a pain with all the raisins floating. The instructions did not have me put it in a bag. So wrapped a mesh bag around the racking cane. Took awhile to get it moved but I still have a few raisins floating in my carboy. How soon should I...

Just noticed the new website and company has messed up the shipping now. 3 6gal carboys is $80 shipping now when it use to be $28. May have to call in to see if you can get a better deal.

I had been buying my 6gal there. They just lowered their price to 32.69. Not bad

That looks like a nice solution. So if they are reusable, you could use them year to year, If you want a label and cut costs. Use a permanent marker to add the year and clean that off the next year. Looks like a nice solution. May have to try it out.

So I am getting close to racking my wine from my primary bucket after 6 weeks EM. The kit tells me to add the packets of potassium sorbate 3.25g and Sulphite 4.8 g during the stabilizing and clearing step 3. If the wine is dry and not going to be sweetened back, can’t I skip the sorbate? Also...

Any thoughts on the Sonoma blend? Sounds good. Does anyone know what it might compare to to try? Sonoma Forte Finer Wine Kits are made from top quality California grapes. The Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, Syrah blend was popularized in Sonoma. The chewy fruitiness of Zinfandel is complemented by the...

It mentions the end of September. The Sonoma sounds good. Has any one tried a blend like that.

New kits available! Meritage (Forte, Tavola) Sonoma (Forte only) Baby Super Tuscan (Forte, Tavola) My my, which to try??

Well that was quick, pitched yeast 8/4/2022 1300 hrs and 8/7/2022 1830 hrs the SG was down to 1.010. Fastened the lids and air locked the buckets. Nice burping in the airlock. I’ll let it sit for an EM for 4 weeks now.

I just put a gal hot water in the fermentation bucket and a tbsp of easy clean. Coil the tubes in the bucket and let it soak for a while.

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I pitched yeast yesterday and it is off and fermenting. Would this petite Sirah forte also benefit from an extended maceration?

After letting the juice sit for 20 hours I measured everything again. Both buckets came out the same and numbers look pretty good. SG = 1.100 PH= 3.38 TA = 6.75 - 7.5 g/L The yeast that came with the kits was Bourgovin RC212. Never used that one but I should be pitching it later the afternoon.

I received my Petite Sirah kits this morning. I was getting the juice ready and had a question. Do I need to go through the grape skins and pull about the twigs and leaves? I see quite a bit in them. I’m trying to pull out what I see but sure I missed some.

Makes sense. I think I will squeeze what I can out. I have this little press I used for blueberry’s. I might just try it and measure what comes out to decide if it will be worth it later.

I saw this little press on Amazon that seems would be good for a single kit skins. Easier to clean and sanitize then my larger 2-3 gal press. May get more juice out then by hand. Seems that 500ml would be flavorful to add to the rest.

What the hell is it. 😂