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@winemaker81 it appears that I have degassed enough then. I will be out of town for a couple weeks so the wine will sit undisturbed. Hope I did not pull out too much CO2.

My strawberry wine kit does not appear to be clearing so I decided to keep it in longer term bulk storage. I needed to top up the carboy a little so I purchased a bottle of commercial strawberry and added a dose of K-meta and stirred it in, a significant amount of CO2 came out of solution...

Jovimaple, my strawberry looks to be close in color to what you have pictured, did it appear fairly dark in the carboy. Looked at my notes and pitched the yeast on 4/22. Winemaker81, Not sure when to bottle but was thinking that if nothing has settled by the end of July I will go ahead and...

I racked the strawberry yesterday, it still seemed dark, however, it appeared very clear in the glass. A light behind the carboy stayed very focused, my expectations for a lighter color of the wine may have been off. Taste is very good. A small amount of carbon was on the bottom of the carboy...

Thanks for the suggestion, I will start adding the clarifying agents by that process.

I started the strawberry approximately 2+ months abo and followed the instructions exactly as written. Wine was not clarifying so last week I used a hand pump and pulled out a significant amount of CO2 with vacuum. I won't be home for a week or so to see if it has started clarifying. I added...

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Started the kit and added the carbon as instructed. The aroma from the must is really nice, the yeast is starting to take off.

I received the strawberry wine kit also and it came with the carbon packet. Instructions are for Tavola White Wines. Guessing that we are to add the carbon for a lighter colored wine, but I am not certain what to do either. Bob