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Good tips in that post. I do have a racking cane, but at just six weeks out of primary fermentation I had a good half inch of sediment - just trying to minimize how much I suck up so I don't have to rack very often! Thanks.

Working on my first Cabernet. It's dark so when I was racking it I couldn't see where my siphon tube tip is and I hit the bottom of the carboy a couple times. I suspect I picked up some sediment. Do you have some tricks you've learned as to how to avoid hitting the bottom when siphoning a...

Update - I finally figure it out! I need to pay closer attention to details. I was using a recipe that called for strawberries, mashed into juice, plus water, plus sugar. But instead of strawberries I was using 100% strawberry concentrate, which has a much higher sugar content than mashed...

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How much water do you think I should add? Do you think the water should include frozen strawberries? How many?

No Now that I re-read this, 35 oz of sugar sounds like a lot! But that was the recipe.

Ok I added the pectic enzyme. The recipe suggested 1/2 tsp and the bottle suggested 1/8 (for my one gallon) so I added 1/4 tsp. 🤷‍♀️ I started with one quart strawberry concentrate from Coloma (frozen) then added 3.5 quarts water and 35 oz of sugar to make the syrup. That should give me about...

How often should I check the SG, and when, so we can figure out if I will need to make adjustments? Notice I said we lol. Thanks for your help.

Lalvin EC-1118.

Yikes. I followed the strawberry recipe and my starting SG is 1.150. Will I be ok?

I am using your 2nd link Basic Winemaking as we speak! Hi Bryan! Your website is very helpful and easy for beginners to understand. Can you believe I am using the second link, Basic Winemaking Process, right now as we speak! Sanitizing complete. Now to get the must ready and start the...

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williamsbrewing.com I searched specifically for 3 gallon kits because that's the size carboys I have right now and I'm trying to keep my restart as simple as possible.

Thanks - I'll check out Bryans instructions!

So I almost quit, but so many of you WMF friends talked me out if it and gave me great suggestions - one of which is to try a few kits first, until I get a better hang of it, then maybe go back to fruit. So - I bought a small amount of strawberry concentrate from Colomafrozen.com, to try a...

Sorry to hear this. There are lots of us out here wishing you a quick recovery. 🙏

Some strawberry kits come with sugar and some sites just sell the concentrate. Does strawberry wine require addition of sugar? Thanks!

I might have to try a skeeter pee! Do you think there’s any reason I’d regret using two 3 gal carboys for a 6 gal kit? How do you move a full 6 gal carboy?! Thx for all the info.

I have enough wine bottles saved up for my 3-5 gallon batches but am interested in a couple more 3 gallon carboys.. I think if I bought a 5-6 gal kit I might go with two 3-gal carboys in case I need to move them - heavy!. Would you mind sharing the best link for carboys? You guys are trouble...