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Also after I add the sorbate and sugar I will be immediately bottling it afterwards do I need to add K-Metta too?

Alright guys, it's getting closer to bottling. My wine has been sitting for 2 months now. I added the sparkalloid, it's working amazingly. Literally got crystal clear in 24 hours, I was shocked. After I let it sit for 2 weeks I'll be adding potassium sorbate and back sweetening it. My question...

Perfect, that's exactly what I added. I'll keep ya'll updated with monthly pictures. Everyone on this thread has been very helpful and I appreciate the advice. Can't wait to show ya'll final bottled product, thanks!

Alright fellas, 3 days of the same SG reading, I have racked it over to my 5 gallon carboy. @Scooter68 my plan is to add K-Meta right now (how much though?) Let my wine naturally drop sediment for a month and then add sparkalloid, let sit for a week, maybe 2 and then add one more dose of kmeta...

Alright second day in a row of a SG reading at 1.000. Tomorrow is the moment of truth.

Man, I was thinking about just doing that too. Wasn't sure if it's alright to do that or not

Alright, I did the fishing string tied to the hydrometer and it's right at 1.000. Still bubbles about ever 2 minutes. If I had to assume the fermentation is done or extremely close to it.

I could definitely make that happen with an actual Turkey baster, drop it in a cylinder and get a true SG reading. Honestly though it's coming up on 3 weeks so I'm thinking just racking it over to a 5 gallon carboy early so theres no headspace like @KCCam Was talking about just to be safe and...

Ahhh. See these are all things I did not now about that will help me out immensely. What is a wine theif? I do not have one. And as for the headspace I did not know that it shouldn'thave any headspace. I'll have to buy a 5 gallon glass carboy tomorrow. Why no headspace though? And does it really...

So SG for today was like 1.005 Does it drop that dramatically by day? It's a little tough for me to get the best reading right now with the hydrometer. I'm dropping it in the carboy with a rubberband and a string. I did it multiple times though so I'm confident with todays reading. I'll just...

So adding the k-meta to primary on day 1 was alright to do? Will it last from the time of my primary plus the time of my secondary that it's currently in before I rack and add some more? So 2 months plus the 5 days of primary.

I was looking for a wine at about 18% alc/vol. I'm not huge into too much sweetness but like you said with the high abv I may just wanna backsweeten. It's gonna be a last second add for me. But from tasting the excess off the hydrometer it taste perfectly sweet so I don't think I'll be adding...

As I let it sit to clear do I need to add anymore campden tablets or should I just add the sulphites right before bottling? My plan was to let it sit maybe 2 months. Rack 2 more months and then add sparkalloid, let sit for a week and then K-meta and Potassium Sorbate and then rack to bottles...

I'm actually not 100% on the volume, but I have a 6 gallon carboy and it's filled up to what I'm guessing is about 5 gallons.

Man, sounds to me like I could be lucking out for my first time crafting wine.

Haha, yeah it was between 1.010 and 1.000 when I racked over to the secondary and then I had added that 1lb of sugar into it. I assume that's why SG went up. I guess we'll see if the SG changes in the next couple days and I'll know if it's fermantation is stuck or not. But that's kinda why I was...

Alright guys, finally able to get a SG reading today. It's sitting right at 1.020. Bubbles every 40 seconds now. Tasted a bit off my hydrometer. Sure taste damn good. definitely taste sugary and alcoholic, lol.

Monday update. Unfortunately I tore something pretty bad in my knee yesterday. I'm on crutches can barely walk. I have a relative getting me 2 hydrometers tomorrow. The bubbling has subsided to every 30 seconds it lays out a blup. I'll have an SG reading tomorrow for y'all.

Now if it does stall, what's the protocol on that?

I will keep y'all updated. So far it seems to have been going smoothly to me. I'll know more after a few 24hr readings of SG