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I forgot to mention that I did add kmeta at the same time. The wine was 1.01 after sweetening. I have not checked it since i sweetened last weekend. I will do that tonight. I guess that will tell me if there is any fermentation going on. I started the wine beginning of November. Thanks for...

I wanted to have a little fun and decided to make some wine with Welsh's white grape juice. After I fermented to .996, racked, cleared, and racked again I added 1 1/2 tsp potassium sorbate. That is what the instructions recommended for 3 gallons. After the sorbate i waited 24 hours and...

Thanks for all the replys. The bottle I had opened, I did top off with ginger ale and enjoyed it. I may save the other bottles for some summer sangria.

Good point, makes a lot of sense. Thanks.

Thanks for all the comments... I did bite the bullet and bought Finer Wine Super Tuscan 6 gallon. I also bought a 6 gallon carboy and 7 gallon fermenting bucket. You are right, it snowballs... but i love making wine. Not that great at it, but learning. That said, I have another question. My...

Thanks John. That was my thought but wasn’t sure.

I purchased a 6 gallon Shiraz wine bucket from piwine about 7-8 months ago. I only wanted to make three gallons so I froze half. I would now like to make the other half which only wound up being a little over 2 gal. I tested Brix - 23, pH - 3.43, and TA - 4.8. I added 10g of tartaric acid and...

Thanks Anthony, I will check it out.

I can definitely do that. I have a 3 gallon Shiraz that has been bulk aging for about 6 months now. Thinking I will start a cab. Thanks!

that's disappointing. Thanks.

Does anyone know of a good quality 3 gallon kit? I started with 1 gallon kits to learn about the process, and now I would like to start making larger quantities. Since this is just a home hobby, I would rather have 15 bottles of two different wines vs. 30 bottles of one but all I can find is...

First off, thank you David for running the tests for me. It is greatly appreciated. The merlot was my first, a kit I received as a birthday gift. I followed instructions to the letter except for the “drink after six weeks”. It’s been 6 months and I prefer it to age. My Niagara, I did sweeten a...

Thank you everyone for your help and suggestions. This was my first day on the forum and I plan on doing a lot of browsing at posts and hopefully learn a lot. Gonna wait for my new bottle of NaOH and try again. Again, thank you! 🍷

I think i need or order new sodium hydroxide. I opened a bottle of cabernet sauvignon from a local winery, pH 3.9. I used up 10 mL of NaOH and it only went to 4.07. And I have only had this bottle for about a month. I am pretty sure my meter is fine. I rinsed well, dipped in 4.01 and it went to...

An yea, my niagara does smell a bit like salad dressing ☹

I tried the other way around. I started with 5 mL of 0.1N, ph reading 11.74 (did another calib in 7.01 then 4.01 right before). Added 1 ml of niagara and the reading was down to 4.32. Also to the other suggestion to try with NaOH and Phenolphthalein indicator, i have tried that and that is...

AND my wine sample was 10mL

My wine was 3.4 pH before I started adding the NaOH. I just checked my .1N and it is 11.84. Rinsed the probe well and put it in my 7.01 and it registered 7.04

Yes, I bought 4.01 and 7.01 and calibrated right before test. I am using 0.1N

I am new to wine making and struggle with my acid test. I have 3 wines going, cab sauv, merlot, and niagara. I gave up on the color test and bought a decent pH meter for acid testing. I don't know whether my sodium hydroxide is bad, or if i am doing something wrong. I cannot get the pH to 8.2 I...