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I degassed the last kit. However I have to degas in primary fermenter and did not like that the wine was exposed to 1.3 gallons of air for a couple of days. Also I plan to bulk age for awhile and figured degassing would occur natually

I am just finishing up secondary fermentation of a master vintner Pinot Grigio kit. The color is not what I would expect. I plan to add the kieselsol but skip the vigorous degassing step the directions call for. Instead I plan to bulk age for at least six months. Does it seem reasonable to add...

I will keep a look out for cheap overripe peaches. Thank you for the reminder to be patient. I have read that patience is a virtue in wine making. Good thing I like to procrastinate. Speaking of patience, how long should I let the peach wine age. The blackberry needs a year from what I have read...

Also I only picked blackberries. They were very plentiful on the side of the road. However I wouldn't recommend picking in shorts. Just a word to the wise...

Thank you Scooter. Both fruits are in the freezer right now so that step is done. Thank you for the info on peaches. I did lose one of the peaches to mold and the others were ripe but may not have been overripe. I will likely make a 1 1/2 gallons to start to account for the losses through lees...

That makes sense. Thank you.

So I have 6 pounds of peaches and 6 pounds of blackberries sitting in my freezer waiting to be turned into wine. I have read a lot of great information on the forum, especially for blackberry wine. The question I have is how do you control how many gallons you get from a given pounds of...

Drainsurgeon is correct. I measured the packet before adding. I was curious because everyone here said 1/4 tsp per five gallons so I was very surprised when I measured the packet and came up with the amount I did.

I had some computer issues, but here are the instructions. The don't say an amount of k-meta to add. Instead they say to add k-meta and the amount provided in the kit was 1/4 tsp.

As far as the other laws I bet if careful research were done you would see that the federal government has given the states the authority to set the speed limits for their portion of the interstate highways. I haven't looked into the ICE issue carefully to answer that one.

As far as legalizing marijuana the federal government still makes it illegal. However the previous administration made it a point to not expend resources prosecuting marijuana laws where the stars had legalized it. So it was still a federal crime but not enforced. Much like the police officer...

Should be potassium sorbate

I will post as soon as I can. However these look like the same instructions except I am using kieselsol and chitosan for clearing agents. I haven't added the chitosan or potassium sir are and after reading everything here I don't think I will and instead bulk age. Also as an FYI one gallon...

Master vintner small batch Cabernet Sauvignon

Yes you are reading that correctly. I was surprised by the amount but followed directions.

I am on my first kit wine as my previous posts will indicate. Secondary fermentation, according to the instructions, was supposed to take 12 days. I measured SG at about 7 days and found it to be 0.994 which is within the range stated by the kit. I moved to the degassing stage because I assume...

I have just started my wine making journey and am using a 1 gallon Master Vintner cabernet sauvignon kit. I have spent a lot of time on this forum and discovered really good advice about bulk aging kits for a better finished product. My question is where does adding the clearing and fining...

Like many in this forum, I have just started the wine making journey. I am working with a one gallon kit right now. I know many have said go bigger, but for many reasons, I am quite happy, and excited to start with the 1 gallon kits. I have just started primary fermentation on my kit and it...