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Will the lees eventually fall off the side of the or will some remain stuck to the side even after 3 months?

Wow. I guess that is one step where I need to stray away from the instructions. Thanks!

I recently tried to raise the alcohol content of an island mist kit (raspberry peach sangria) from the original 5-6% to about 10% by adding 4lbs of sugar at the start. It has been about 3 months since I bottled this batch and I noticed that all bottles are a bit cloudy. Not to mention I just...

Thanks for the responses! They were very helpful. Hope to start this batch in the next couple of days.

I plan to add 4-5 lbs of sugar to my next Island mist kit (probably raspberry dragonfruit shiraz). I have read similar posts on this but was hoping for a bit more clarity on the exact process i need to take to end up with a 10-12% abv product. With these kits costing around $60 i would hate to...