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How often should I rack it? Its a pinot noir kit, i tasted it today and it has a strong yeast smell and taste, is this normal? Its been making for 3 aging for about 2 in the carboy

I was told to let my wine age for atleast 6 months, does it make any difference whether its aging in bottles or a carboy?

Ok also should i top it off after every time i rack it

Is it okay to rack to my primary for a week or so and seal it with an airlock? Ill look into more carboys but i dont have the money right now

I was told to rack it a few times to help clearing, i only have 1 carboy and i want to avoid the bung popping out again so i have to wait until i can get a new one

I added the bottles, the stopper is a little too big and popped out last night, its been in there for about a week, i want to rack it to the primary and order the right size bung, is it ok to rack already? Also i left my siphon tube in a mixture of water star san and soap and now its milky...

One last question i just added a bottle to my carboy, its almost to the top maybe 3 or 4 inches off, would it be ok to top the rest with water or should i get another bottle

Whats a decent wine to mix with it? And also is there any way i can tell if its ageing alright i dont want to waste alot of time on it and it not turn out right

They say if you keep it longer than a month in the carboy you have to top it off with a similar wine, i dont like the idea of adding a wine to mine

Last i checked the gravity was .9666 and its been in the carboy for 2 weeks

I'm making a pinot noir from a wine expert kit and it should be ready for bottling on Monday. I followed the directions perfectly but when I opened the carboy to smell the wine earlier it had a strong yeast smell and didn't smell like wine at all.. I don't know if this is normal or if I did...

Thanks for the help everyone I really appreciate it

I bought star san and will be racking from primary to secondary tonight, after I sanitize everything and my carboy do I let air dry or is it okay to use still wet with star san?

I was wrong I used easy clean, not one step

I was told that the one step was a sanitizer and cleaner...if not I may have ruined the whole batch from not sanitizing properly

Is it okay to use the starsan in the inside and spray one step on the outside

I started my first batch of wine on Saturday and will be racking it from my primary to my secondary within a few days and was curious what the best way would be to sanitize my siphon tube, someone told me to use a diluted bleach mixture but im not sure about that, I used to one step cleaner and...