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I have a batch of chardonnay bulk aging in a carboy. It has been about 18 months. Is it still good to bottle or should I dump it?

I found a couple mold spots at the bottom of my carboy when I went to clean it. Is it ruined or can I rense with bleach?

So no cleaning solution needed?

My wife just purchased a enolmatic bottle filler for me for my birthday. I have not looked into these much. I was hesitant to buy for myself as I see an issue with cleaning and sanitizing. What is the best way to do that with these? Is it as simple as a siphon? Just run cleaner, water and...

Ok thanks. Well see how it comes out

Yes it was a kit. Right. I think they only labeled it only with sulphate.

It was sulphate and ksorbate. Should I add a bit of kmeta? I am dealing with a new basement environment. This has never happened before. I'm guessing the cooler temps squeezed the carboy.

Last night I siphoned my batch from the primary to the carboy. I degassed and added the the fermentation ending and clearing agents. This morning I went to check on it and the solid stopper ( per the instructions) was completely off. It has been sitting without one from anywhere between 1...

Ok 1/4 tsp every 3 months.. of what? Kmeta?

How do you measure the so2?

I am interested in letting my kit degass naturally. Has anyone tried this? How long does it take?

Do you you clear it with the pectic?

Joe...when using the dried currants or fruit do you use pectic acid for extraction or clearing, or is it only needed for fresh fruit?

I am just about to start bulk aging my Malbec kit. What is the best type of oak to use for malbecs?

My cabsauv kit has completed it's course however it seems to be still gassy/fizzy. Can I still oak while letting the airlock degass, or do I need to wait for it to be finished degassing I did degass after the primary for 5 mins. It seems there was too much water in the lock and did not let the...

Yes I saw the grapefruit zest. I am going to try that part. Half a grapefruit of zest I think?do I put that in during the whole primary or just part. I did not get to the partnerships. Thanks

Hey Joe. Been reading through your thread here. Alot of great help and food for thought. Alot of members have directed me to your thread here so hopefully you'll be able to give advice. I am about 10 batches in and the only tweeks I have tried are in the aging and oaking with some nice...

The owner of the local wine shop told me I could do that to Clean the spirals and reuse them. Not sure how I feel about it. I think I might just buy new ones. But for this I am trying to get that boubon cask flavor out.

Has anyone tried adding fresh fruit to a white wine kit? Such as strawberry or peaches to a Moscato kit? If so where did you add it and for how long?

I recently had a nice Moscato that wasn't too sweet or too crisp. It had a nice flavor and a slight fizz about it. I am trying to figure out how to do this with a wine kit. Any thoughts?