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Hey guys, Just a heads up that Grapestompers has this kit on sale for $100. It's the 18L with the grapeskins. I know I hear alot of good things about it from the people on the forum, but I can't pick one up, since I just started a 18L Yakima Valley Merlot. Just thought I would make others...

A fellow noobie winemaker that I work with had an issue this weekend. She started a Cellar Craft Chardonnay Semillion 16L kit, and found out that after pitching the yeast, her primary started to leak. She panicked :m thinking that she lost yeast while the bucket was leaking, and added some...

I do alot of my shopping at www.grapestompers.com They have good prices, and don't kill you with shipping. Also, you can pick up some kits on special every month. I just got a Cellar Craft Yakima Valley Merlot with Grapeskin pack for $93. I guess some of the early drinkers would be the...

I just ordered a Cellar Craft 18L Yakima Valley Merlot w/Grape skins. Any of the members made this kit before? Thoughts? Thanks. :r

I'll try the good old racking cane and tube. I got spoiled only ever using the auto syphon, and didn't realize they made a smaller one. Thanks for the help.

I have another add on to this. I know it sounds stupid, but what does the membership feel is the best way to rack from gallon jugs to gallon jugs. Any thoughts are appreciated.

that leads me to ask, that if you don't plan on backsweetening a wine, do you still need to add potassium sorbate? Also, what is th eopinion of when to backsweeten? Should you do it after the wine has had some time to age? :r

What I mistook for further furmentation, I now realize is CO2 creeping up the side of the bottle and causing the airlock to bubble every now and then. I degassed the heck out of it with my drill mounted attachment in a 5 gallon carboy, but I guess it wasn't nearly enough. I'll have to transfer...

Ok. Here is the timeline: 7/13 started fermentation. SG = 1.085 7/16 removed fruit. SG = 1.040 7/18 SG = 1.020, transferred to Secondary 7/23 SG=.997 added 1 campden tablet, potassium sorbate(1/4 teaspoon), and degassed. Transferred to gallon jug. It seems to be still having some...

Welcome aboard. As a newbie myself, I would suggest starting with a kit so that you can get familiar with the process of winemaking. If I had to suggest a list of essentials, I would say that you need the following: Primary (6 gallons) Carboy (6 gallons) auto siphon bottle filler tubing...

thanks guys. keeping my fingers crossed. I'll let you know how it's coming along.

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Thanks Wade. Appreciate the help. :r

Started on 7/11/09

Just a progress update: About 5 days after starting the wine, removed strawberry pulp. SG was 1.040 6 days after starting, SG was 1.020. Transferred to Secondary. According to the recipe, when it hits dry, rack again. One question, does this get degassed? If so, it is in a 1...

Thanks for the advice Luc. When I originally posted this, I hadn't added the yeast yet, so I went and took another reading just to make sure that it was really at 1.100. It still was so before I added the yeast, I added some water, not alot, but that brought the SG down to 1.085. I didn't add...

Yikes. I'll just have to see how it turns out.

Luc, I wasn't really aiming at 14% alchohol. I added too much sugar to get the starting SG where I thought it should be. Any thoughts how to correct that? Should I stop fermentation earlier? Say something above 1.00?

Ok. Thanks to all of the good advice I have received in this forum, I decided to try a Strawberry Wine (1 Gallon Recipe). I decided to try Jack Kellars from the June/July 2009 edition of Winemaker Magazine. I modified it a tad based on some of the other recipes I have read. Here they...