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My 1/2 acre Pino Noir vineyard was destroyed by Black Rot and due to increased headaches with wine and age, I have stopped making wine and drinking. Sad because I really enjoyed it. One glass was keeping me up at night. I value sleep over a good Domaine Serene 2018 Evanstad Reserve. It was a...

We're not sure. He picked it up and it had some powder residue in it so at this point we're going to have to use a plastic liner if we want to use this for fermentation. I'm reading that people do it so think we'll give it a try. As for the lower drain I just won't use it. I'll just siphon out...

So this year I hope to have 50 gallons of juice from my small vineyard. My dad built me a fermentation tank out of stainless steel. The issue now is that we're not 100% sure that the stainless steel tank is food grade. So to avoid throwing out the whole tank and all the work that went into it...

Thanks. Will let sit for a few months then. Thanks guys.

It's 6 gallons.

Ph is 3.38

The grapes are Pinot Noir. Picked at a Brix of 19. Crushed/Destemmed and soaked for 20 hours then pressed off. Fermented for 15 days until .996 SG. Then put into 3 week cold stabilization at 32 degrees. I use 1/4 teaspoon of potassium metabisulfite each time I racked. I've racked 3 times in...

Couple questions if you don't mind. 1. My Rose wine spent 3 weeks at 32 degrees for cold stabilization. It's been about 3 weeks now since it's been bulk aging at 47 degrees. Just pulled a taste and it smells good and taste good until the after taste kicks in a second later. To me a it's a bit...

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I am in the clearing stage of my wine in 6 gallon carboy and an odd thing happened. Over the last 24 hours I raised the temp in the room from 59 to 65 to help the fining/clearing and it appears to be clearing but the level rose all the way to the bung which was about 3 inches. Would an increase...

Would you add the same amount of kieselsol the second time? I'm a couple weeks since adding the kieselsol/chitosan so should I wait a few more weeks then add the kieselsol? What amount would you add the second time to 6 gallons?

Because .996 was my reading for 3 days.

So this is pretty much secondary fermentation. I do have airlock on and a bubble every 30 seconds or so, so I know there's some fermentation going on so I'm confident of not allowing oxygen in. Just concerned about the clearing but I will let it sit for a couple weeks now before I look at it...

Based on kits I've done in the past all the instructions say wait 5 minutes before adding the chitosan. So I didn't and maybe I should have waited the 24 hours but at this point is filtering my only option or can I wait a few days and do another round but this time wait the 24 hours?

Making pinot noir rose and racked at .996. Degassed for 5 minutes then added sulfites and sorbate. Then added Kieselsol and then waited 5 minutes and then added chitosan. I did that yesterday so I'm less than 24 hours.

So what do you do after 48 hours when Kieselsol and Chitosan hasn't cleared the wine? I added Kieselsol and waited 5 minutes and then added the Chitosan and 48 hours later it's still cloudy. Any suggestions besides filtering? Just don't want to filter but I could if I had to. Thoughts?

Just finished fermenting 20 gallons of pinot noir rose and my ph reading is 3.31. Is this decent or should I look at bumping it up to around 3.5?

So if one campden tablet is 1/4 teaspoon of Potassium Metabisulfite and the instructions call for one campden tablet per gallon of wine then why does the instructions for Potassium Metabisulfite call for 1/4 teaspoon per 5 gallons of wine? Aren't they the same thing? Doesn't make sense.

Yesterday took a reading for my pinot noir rose and the sg was 1.000 and smelled great. Today I do another reading and huge smell of hydrogen sulfide (Rotten eggs). I'm at the end of fermentation (one more day or two) so should I add some yeast nutrient or get it off the dead yeast? This smell...

Since I'm not using a kit and I have 6 gallons almost fermented, I want to add Kieselsol and Chitosan. I have enough of it but I'm not exactly sure of the dosage. I'm reading that 6 gallons of wine needs 2 teaspoons of Kieselsol and 15 teaspoons of Chitosan. Does that sound about right?