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So I opened the bucket up (damn, it's not easy to open these pails) and transferred to my Fastferment. I measured the SG to be at about 18 brix, which is a little on the low side no, but I don't know how accurate this is since there was apparent self-fermentation taking place already, hence the...

Oh dang, that's a really long time. I usually do my kits for 30 days than age 30-60 days in bottles and I've gotten pretty good results. I can defininitly notice a shift in taste from date of bottling and 2 months after for these Argentia Costco kits which range from 7L concentrates to 23L pure...

What makes you say that I would?

I've got that ec1118 in an unused kit so I'll borrow that. What about bentonite? My Costco kits usually add this at the beginning, is that necessary for good clarification? Lastly my Costco (both concentrate and 23L ones) kits typically take under 30 days to finish in a conical fermentor like...

Good to know. I only have two Fastferment vessels as my equipment (condo living) and will need to wait a few more days till one of my kits is ready to be bottled. I put the pail on my balcony, which is currently experiencing 15 to 2 degree Celsius Toronto weather, so hopefully that will halt the...

Tumble weeds spinning across my thread it seems. Sorry to be so uninteresting.

Hey folks. Newbie here. Greetings, My father recently purchased a pail of Chardonnay juice from a local dealer. It's called Lodi Gold Grape Juice. He assumed it would be prepared just like any wine in a kit (with the addition of yeast etc). Is this the case for this wine? There is no...