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I feel like I'm hijacking here but I meant initial stabilization (roughly 10 days post ferment), not pre-ferment. I've always thought of 1/4 tsp per 6 gallons was standard treatment but the kit kmeta pack had a full 1/2 tsp in it. That got me wondering.

Scooter, it's funny that you mention the 1/4 tsp of kmeta for preservation or pre-treatment. I was stabilizing a cherry pomegranate wine that I started from juice just yesterday. I've always wondered why the kits seem to have a bigger dose than that for initial stabilization. So I measured a...

OMG, I can't stop laughing!! Need alcohol to make babies and using a condom for an airlock...can 't stop laughing! This is going to be the best wine EVER!

Bartman...WOW! In case you've not read this entire thread, the person we are talking about has had multiple DWI convictions. Has done time in jail. Is on probation. Call's the probation officer and ADMITS that they are drunk and have a firearm in their possession....(read between the...

The Tawny Porto was fabulous! Some of the best commercial wine I've ever had. Ok, talked to my daughter and told her that I had a little worry over the legality of said giveaway. Her reply was that they are not governed by the same rules as law enforcement. They have to keep evidence for a...

meadmaker, I'll ask her tomorrow as to the actual protocol that they follow. Like I said earlier in this thread, I don't know any of the details other than what I've stated. For all I know, she purchased them and then gifted them to me. I do know that she would not bend the rules and risk her...

Nice color but I think you need to check your SG again. .0095? Mine never gets that dry :slp

Your honor, I can, in fact, berify that the ebidense contained alshol. Unfortunetley, the ebidense seems to be missing..hic. :) (the port is delicious)

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Bartman, I know nothing of the details of this incident. But I can tell you that she is by the book for the most part. She is also compassionate. I'm just guessing, but I'll bet that the confiscation and tongue lashing to this person was probably all that he/she got instead of being thrown back...

I have a daughter that is a probation officer for the county. She recently busted one of her "clients" and confiscated a few bottles of wine that were at the residence. She gifted me 4 bottles in a bag and not being too fond of commercial wine, I thanked her and threw them in the car. When I got...

The first days of retirement are blissful. It was the months before, that scared the Schmidt out of me! You are the kind of guy that will retire gracefully. You have enough hobbies and interests to keep you busy. You will look back a year from now and wonder how you had time for all this fun...

Why are you supposed to wait a few days before laying your bottles down after bottling? Isn't that to let the compressed air to vent through the cork?

A number of you have added cocoa powder for that chocolate note. Has anyone who has done this had problems with the wine clearing? I have a raspberry port with dutch chocolate powder that has been aging for a year. I've tried double doses of bentonite, super-clear and pectic enzyme. I am...

You don't need the app to figure out you ABV. Just take the starting reading (say 1.09) and subtract the finished reading (say .990) and multiply x 131 = ABV. 1.09 -.990 x 131 = 13.1% If you back sweeten the wine you will reduce the ABV slightly. Don't forget your sorbate if back sweetening.

If you are below 1.0 and get the same reading 3 days in a row, you're done fermenting. At that temperature the ferment was probably done in less than 2 weeks. Rack and get it off the gross lees soon. If the ferment is done, you start stabilizing and aging. If the action in the trap just off...

Two Dragon Blood and one Skeeter Pee: 3413+18=3441

I'll try bringing it upstairs for a month and see what happens. If still not better I'll try the super kleer. Thanks.

OK, fast forward 5 months. I hit it with pectic enzyme before leaving for the winter. Came home, racked, kmeta, more pectic enzyme 3 weeks ago.....still cloudy. I have now done 2 doses each of chitosan, bentonite and pectic enzyme. It also sat in a cold (45 degrees) dark basement over the...

I have some information to share. I was a plumbing contractor and water specialist for 30 years. I am also on well water. City water, although OK to drink (most of the time), has chlorine added by the city. Let water stand overnight (uncovered) and the chlorine will evaporate. However, (most)...