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I got enough feed back on these forums to invest in a mini jet filter...around the 8th month I used it when I was due to rack, couldn't be happier with the results

I wouldn't say yeast energizer is an absolute necessity....It helps speed things up...but if your really in a hurry, go online and take it on the chin with the shipping... no other shops in your area???

im a noob for all intents and purposes, but I have a peach and a strawberry under my belt so far.....the fruit wines have been notoriously long to clear, I just went with a mini jet after 6 months...did normal racking after primary and again after 3 months, they were both fairly cloudy and did a...

I have a mini jet...I soak my filters in solution of citric acid (as per instructions) aside from the good sani habits above.....that's all.... though I haven't found need for it with anything other than fruit wines ive made (peach and strawberry)....the grapes seem to clear fine with normal...

Latest creation from the basement

If you can post a picture of the bottle I'm pretty sure I used that to back sweeten my peach which I had also made a little bit hot as far as alcohol content

For some reason, I got a email that there was new post to this thread...

I used the same recipe, and used a mini jet after 3 months, came out fanatstic I've seen another recipe the used sparkalloid that had won various medals in competition. Before and after filtering

I have a mini jet, they recommend not running any sani thru it...not sure but yours though...

All I can say is, these are problems I'd love to have,:b

possibly buckets are a good starting point for you....that's where im at now....started with fruit wines which generally are bottled in a 6 to 8 months..now im onto buckets of juice, wont know how that turns out till this coming fall though...

I just bought a skeeball machine, wife would prefer car boys at this point

Soooooo, I think I'm gonna ask the wife for the vinmetrica malo tester for xmas.....anybody use one before? In better news my peach wine is ready to bottle...tasted good, had to adjust the ph a little...which changed a bit from primary ferment to now...but all good, just gonna wait as few more...

I was at Corrados in north jersey, they said they be getting grapes in the spring from south America....

I scrape off first, a rag sprayed with wd40 will dissolve glue then wash exterior of bottle

I'm good for about 3 bottles a week

I saw u used about 35 lbs for the peach...what did u use as your primary fermenter?

Nice work!....it'll lighten when it's not such a big volume..my in the bottle compared to carboy was much lighter. Word of advice...I still wound up with a little ssediment after racking and filtering...not sure how to solve that next time around..possibly sparkaloid and some pectic? Maybe just...

I had done a strawberry wine as my first attempt with fruit it had growing in my yard, now I have 4 different buckets going..i forget which thread it was, but the buckets I got were already had sulfites added and and yeast. Depending on what your making you may already have a favorite to...

i went to Lincoln tech, so I know the general are....def take the floor corker, and some other stuff