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Ok. Yes I thought about that, but do I let them soak ( for how long), do I let them dry after soaking, or from one to the other? Side question - I am soaking oak spirals in unflavored alcohol, do I need to let dry before using again?

I am trying to make a cab with a bourbon barrel oak characteristic. Has anyone done this without a bourbon barrel? Can you infuse oak spirals or cubes with bourbon? If so what is the process?

I am looking for a muscadine based wine recipe with a strawberry flavor or hint. I'm thinking of just mashing some strawberries and adding them to the fermentation.

Thanks y'all. Slowly but surely it's coming along. I think it did go to shell shock. But it was a whole pack from the manufacturer of the kit. 3 weeks in only to 1.031 lol. Only 12 to go

So it was going good for a while, but the last 3 days now it's stuck at 1.040. I need to get it to 1.020 to add the sugar packet. How can I get it to keep moving.

Update...checked this morning and it's a fizzy party. I guess they had a fun night last night. SG is down to about 1.100 down from 1.130

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Temp is 78, but she is still the same

Lalvin ec-1118 2 packs per the kit, must temp at time of sprinkle was 75, ambient room temperature 70.

The SG has not gone down nor is the airlock percolating.

I am trying to start a 3 gallon desert wine kit. It's been 48 hours and still no evidence that fermentation has started. Anything I can do to help it or anything I need to add?

Ok yea that's what I thought. Maybe racked the secondary premature. How long should I keep the lock on?

Final gravity was .995, I transfered from secondary and degassed after primary. No air lock, just solid stopper

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So with my latest batch I transfered from my secondary to start aging with oak cubes. There seems to be some bubbles at the top that won't go away. And I has good two inches of space. When I open the stopper it seems like it was a vacuum and the wine level rises. And there is no room to add...

Thanks y'all. I left it with no belt. Started it 2 days before I left. Ill let you know how turns out.

When u started making kits the guys at the store talked about the Brew belt as a required piece of equipment. But is it necessary? I am going on vacation for 9 days and this seems to be perfect if I start the day I leave and get back 9 days after to check the progress. The AC will be off...

Thanks big H I am going to try a wide spectrum fungicide. Or since the cluster haven't formed yet is it too late? These aren't my vines just started looking after them didn't know what to expect.

I checked again and it's still at 1.070. I added 2 l s of dry sugar to try and bring it up to at least 1.080 which was the starting range of the directions. Hopefully conservative enough if it mixed better over night it wouldn't be too much to risk the yeast. It was showing around 1.080 after I...

Any thoughts on what this might be. I have narrowed it down to a few possibilities. Also what's the best course of action. These are muscadines