WineXpert Possible spoiled batch of WE Stags Leap Merlot

[ibglowin]

Strips are worthless.

 

[bosco500]

Strips are worthless.

Whats a good tester to get?

 

[ibglowin]

Digital pH meter. 2 decimal places either a Milwaukee 102 or a Hanna PHEP 5

 

[wineh]

Whats a good tester to get?

If you are only making wine from kits, you can trust the manufacturers will get the pH right, and you don't need to test. Just add the 1/4 tsp that the instructions suggest if you're aging longer than 6 months.

 

[jsiddall]

1/5/15 Pitched yeast
1/19/15 Racked, added sorbate, meta and chitosan

You don't mention kieselsol. Did you add that? I have never used chitosan on its own so I have no idea what happens if you do.

 

[sour_grapes]

You don't mention kieselsol. Did you add that? I have never used chitosan on its own so I have no idea what happens if you do.

I just added the finings agent to my WE Stag's Leap Merlot the other night. It only came with chitosan, with no kieselsol.