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Made 3 of these kits last year, one is in bulk age now. Made them all without any tweaks and loved the end result. Now I am curious if the recommended tweaks the senior members suggested would improve it. Please keep us updated if you decide to tweak the kit.

Another suggestion, I simply take a razor knife and make 6 or more slits in the thin part of the cap under the lip. This allows it to be easily removed and snapped back on. Which after emptying the bag allows for easily rinsing the bag to get all residual juice and tannins into the must.

I've been using an app called "Homebrew Logbook". Very easy to use and helpful in tracking information through every stage of wine, beer, cider and mead making. Also provides an area to save notes during each racking. Also supplies an ABV calculator and provides recipes.

This is a Winexpert kit wine where I added the bentonite at the startup. I've made 20 or so kits this year and only had this problem twice.

Yes, I've read over and over to not filter cloudy wine. But being in the same situation as Val-the-Brew-Gal I decided what the heck. Using a #1 coarse 5.0 micron filter I was able to remove a pectic haze without clogging the filter. I would not try this with a #2 polish 1.8 micron as it would...

The typical answer is to give it time. But it seems you are running out of time to meet your December party. While not a cheap solution you may want to borrow or purchase a filtration system. I use a Buon Vista Minijet (around $200) with a #2 pad for polishing. A #1 coarse pad may get you past...

At 5 weeks into a 4 week Island Mist kit which wasn't clearing I went through a second round of kieselsol and chitosan. 24 hours after adding the kieselsol I noticed substantial clearing. But being a fanatic for following directions I added the chitosan anyway. It's now been cloudy for 48 hours...