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NE edge of KS. Not too far west of Ft Leavenworth. I think Glen Elder, or should I say Waconda Lake, is about 3.5 hours west of us.

Bryan, This is very reassuring. Thanks for weighing in.

Very true. Go Chiefs!

Sorry, Jayhawker! My loyalties lie with K-State. Thanks though for the welcome. Very much appreciated.

Thanks everyone! You're a very welcoming group.

Winechef, I'm using a FastFerment conical fermenter system. I went through the same process you do, but it all happens in the same vat and drains from the bottom. Whole process was 27 days; 5 day primary fermentation, 14 day secondary fermentation then stabilizing, clearing and degassing (days...

Rocky, You realize we've really dated ourselves, right? Admitting that we were in the 3ID back when it was in Germany still - when The Wall came down at that. Yes, I was in 2nd BDE. Spent most of my time in 1-15 INF (Kitzingen then Schweinfurt). As a family, we loved Germany - some of our best...

Rocky, Thanks for the reassurance. Yes, we did taste the wine and that's why I don't want to lose it. Rock of the Marne! "I'd rather Be A Dogface Soldier Like I Am."

Hi all! Very new to home wine making. My real hobby is woodworking (and fixing stuff on the farm), but a classmate bought me basically everything I needed to get started with wine, so here I am. I'm approaching this very cautiously. I found this forum out of desperation. Having possibly messed...

Thanks for responding so quickly. Yes, I added the potassium metabisulfite at day 15 as the instructions said (not that I know why). The bottles were from my 1st batch of wine (that I basically threw out) that we didn't care for. So, I take it that I shouldn't try to do anything at this point...

I just made my 2nd batch of wine yesterday using a FastFerment system and a Malbec kit. Bottled 25 bottles. I am pretty pleased with the results, but just realized I screwed up royally. I had cleaned the bottles and let them drain on a bottle rack. I used Starsan to sanitize everything that...