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Gotta say this has come out pretty well. I had a left over gallon from racking and was an enjoyable drink.

Here are the photos

And I bought marbles to place in the carboy to eliminate the headspace. Worked well. The problem was when I racked the following time. I topped off with some pyment I had made using the left over grapeskins. That pyment, rather surprisingly, came out pretty well.

It did! I'll post a pic when I get home!

Thanks for the replies. I'll let you know how it goes but what we are mixing up is pretty weird. Usually after making wine we take the skins and add water and sugar to them and let them sit for about a week before racking. This year, we added about 6 gallons of the water/grapeskin mixture from...

I know it's best to use local honey and in my first batch I did but I'm in a but of a bind and was wondering if any of you have used the nationally available Nature Nate's raw honey. I live in a city so it's not easy to get to local sources but saw this was available at Sam's club

Looking much better now. I racked and put the airlock tops on. Both are still active, especially the clearer on on the right. I'm a little concerned about the head space in the second one

Thank you! It puts my mind a bit at ease!

haha I have no idea...

You can see how the first 5 came out clean but things got murky after that. I'm hoping with time it clears out but honestly don't remember it looking like that bad before.

Sure. Here is the crushed grape juice in the carboys.

Thanks for the warning. I wound up just rinsing everything anyway as a precaution and will definitely continue to do so now!

I got a total of about 12 gallons from roughly 210 lbs of grapes although the last two gallons are very murky. To tell you the truth the first 5 gallons came out quite clear but the next 7 not so much. I'm hoping everything settles down and they clear up. Have everything in the carboys now with...

Thanks for the replies! I picked up One step at the store and liked it so much I ordered 5 lbs of it online

So I pressed about 230 lbs of Muscat grapes. I took the left over, fairly dry pomace and placed it into a container. I then added a little less then 5 gallons of water diluting about 3 lbs of honey into the water. I measured the Potential alcohol and got a reading of around 5. I have it all...

Hey guys! Thanks for all the help. I wound up picking up 5 cases of muscat from Corrado's. I had some friends that wanted to do white so I think we are just going to go with this experimental batch this year. I'm planning on crushing over the weekend and immediately separating the must from the...

How would you guys go about sanitizing a wood press? My father normally just hoses it down but I was wondering what you guys would suggest. He also uses a bit of bleach when cleaning the carboys which I've already gathered from reading is actually a big NO NO. Honestly, the wine he made...

Thanks for the welcome and replies! I will buy this weekend and let you guys know from where!

Hey guys! I've helped my father make wine in the garage in the past and am looking to take charge this year since he isn't so thrilled about doing it this year. I came across this thread through google and thought I'd join. I'm looking to hopefully buy some grapes and crush them over the...