u/ezzell29

Im a longtime homebrewer, 1st time homemade wine attempter ... I am about 30 days into the making of a VineCo (with grape skins and oak cubes) brand cabernet kit. I am in the "polishing / racking / aging" stage, according to the instructions. Everything seems to have gone well, and my gravity readings look good. As a beer maker, I only have opaque fermenting vessels, so that's what its in - it's in a 2nd opaque vessel having already moved the wine (as instructed) at day 14 rom vessel 1 to vessel 2. I have ordered a clear carboy to now finish the job (a vessel 3) - and so I can see when the wine is clear. That said, should I risk transferring it again? If I do transfer it again to the clear carboy, I would also want to transfer the oak cubes with it, correct? So just using a siphon wont accomplish that task. If I siphon I can keep the oxygen exposure lower, but I cant move the oak cubes. Can I just "pour" or dump the wine from vessel 2 to vessel 3 or would that be a disaster due to clouding and oxygen?

I used to use a product called IO-STAR (I think) and it was a lower suds version of StarSan. Now, all I can find is StarSan -- and StarSan is nothing but suds. Is there a low suds alternative to StarSan or an equivalent of the old IO-Star someone can point me to?

We bought 6 tickets to the Uzbekistan vs. DR Congo group stage game in Atlanta June 27. We bought the tickets through SeatGeek. Our tickets have been assigned, even down to the seat numbers, row numbers, and section. The FIFA ticket app acknowledges I have the tickets and they show up in my FIFA app ticket account, but they continue to state "unable to print." They are also unable to be downloaded to the digital app or a digital wallet. SeatGeek wont give me any useful info other than, "often, tickets dont become available to download until days before the event." SeatGeek cant tell me when that might be. Since my seats are already assigned, it's weird the tickets cant be downloaded at this point?? Has anyone else experienced something similar with SeatGeek? And, has anyone heard any real info from FIFA with how far out from a game the ticket will be able to be downloaded?