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Just curious if any of you guys or gals have seen this in your juice pails? It looks like white residue but when stirred he fizzes and foams up a bit..,

@Jovimaple thank you for the input. I just measured 3 of my pails and I’m sitting at around 1.002. My other pails are still above 1.020 and I think that’s due to the type of yeast I used which was EC-1118. The 3 that are at 1.002 were fermented with RC-212 and kicked off right away. I will...

@winemaker81 Disregard the citric acid, I found some online…in regards to transferring to a carboy, do you add 1/4tsp of kmeta?

Any recommendations on a citric acid

That’s what I’ve done in the past and was successful but you start reading posts and threads and start to question of what I’m doing is the right way of going about it. I just want to make sure I’m consistent in my wine making ways…lol… what would you say is the recommended amount of potassium...

Very well explained!! So would your recommendation be to leave the juice in the pail until I achieve a SG reading of .999 or lower? I have not explored the MLF avenue yet but giving I’m fairly new to this and still learning, I plan on learning about MLF and how it’s performed. Only reason I...

@balatonwine Thanks for the explanation and appreciate you breaking it down the way you did!

So the wine would still need to be stirred while it's in the carboy for secondary fermentation?

I checked my SG this morning and it’s reading around 1.004. I started at 1.082. Is it safe to transfer to secondary? I’ve read to stir the pail prior to transferring over to carboy so that the yeast will transfer over as well. The top of the juice seams to have a light ring of foam. I’m...

@winemaker81 Appreciate the input. I completely agree with you on checking and double checking and triple checking...lol. I've found a handful of youtube posters who based on their video uploads seem to coincide with the wine making processes that I've read on here. I can remember my very...

@Scooter68 I live in an area where I have well water. I've invested in a pretty good water filtration system which includes a dedicated reverse osmosis system. I've read that using RO water is beneficial when used with K-Meta or Star San. What is your dosage rate with Star San? I know it's...

@winemaker81 Thanks for the feedback. There is so much info out on the web and it's hard to get a grasp on things. Everybody has their own ways of doing things and what works best for them. So given the new dosage, if I spray down lets say a mixing spoon, is there a certain amount of time I...

So could I just use 2 1/4 tsp of K-meta then? I don't have acid at this time. What about using Star-San in a spray bottle? I've read that some have used that.

Good Morning All! Just a quick question, I've been reading the threads and posts on this site for some time but this is my first time posting. 4 Years into homemade wine making and in those 4 years I've visited this site as my go to which leads me to my question. I'm trying to get the right...