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This might sound as an unnecessary question, but at this time of the year, how much influence has temperature in the progress of MLF? My basement is about 60 degrees F.

I do notice a little improvement, but it's going slower than the Wyeast 4007. It's been two months already and still looks like halfway through. I did post pictures of the chromatograpy tests. Thanks for the reply.

Happy Thanksgiving every one. Those of you that use or have used CH 16 for MLF, what is the average time it takes to complete MLF? I have a Cabernet Sauvignon and Petite Sirah inoculated with it since September 29th and it's still going like half and half.

Good morning. These two tests are two weeks apart. It seems that my merlot is done, but I don't notice any development in the cab sav and petite sirah. Can anyone give me an opinion here? Thanks

I'll be honest, I don't know the Ph at this point. I bought the buckets of juice and I didn't have a Ph meter at the time.

Thank you, that's what I was thinking of doing. I've only stirred twice in a month period. I'm afraid of air exposure, but I'll give them another stir today.

Good morning everyone, this is the result of my first attempt at MLF started on September 29th. I used Wyeast 4007 in the Merlot and CH 16 in the Cabernet Sauvignon and Petite Sirah. I thought the Merlot was not going anywhere because I was noticing some tiny little bubbles in the others and...

Thanks, I'll definitely will keep that in mind next time.

Hello everyone, let me ask for a sugestion here. Assuming that MLF is successful, what would be the best next step after adding some Kmeta to the wine, degassing and fining/clearing and later on adding oak or adding the oak now and then later on degassing and clearing? the reasoning behind my...

Thank you for the explanation. I do have a few bottles of my 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot blend with in fact those crystals. I just opened one last night and it was good.

Ice Diamonds? do you mind to explain what are those.

T wo more weeks and I'll be checking mine to make sure.

I have minimum air space. I can try another stir. Surprised at the merlot. Thought it was dormant or "done" for MLF and now all of a sudden there's these tiny bubbles.

Hi, after almost three weeks since having added the Wyeast 4007 and Opti Malo nutrient to my merlot and showing no signs whatsoever of any activity (someone here said that one might be able to spot tiny bubbles during MLF), I have spotted today a few tiny bubbles coming up. I hope that's a good...

I use juice buckets, the sulfites already should be at the right range.

That's great, thanks for the info. Next year I will try MLF that way.

I see. Coinoculation, am I correct to say that that it's done at the same time as the primary fermentation? and if yes, does one pitch the bacteria, nutrient and yeast at the same time?

Thank you for your advice JohnD. I haven't added sulfites. This is my first time at mlf so I'm a bit nervous because it's also the first time that I haven't added sulfites.

That's my fear. I'm going to blend with the others anyway.

Also, I did a little stirring only once so far on all 3 carboys.