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Me again, about my first batch, a one gallon strawberry. I just need someone to tell me that this is not abnormal. Here's the whole timeline: Day 0: mixed all ingredients except yeast. Covered and let stand. Day 1: pitched yeast - 1.065 Day 2: opened and stirred - 1.055 Day 3 - AM: opened...

Hi all, Got my first ever batch cooking, a one gallon strawberry from a recipe book. It called for 3 1/2 pounds of strawberries (I used four) 2lbs sugar, and the usual additives. Here are my questions: It had a starting SG of 1.65 (8-9% PA), which seems low to me, but I wanted to follow the...

Hello All, Complete beginner here (waiting for my first equipment to arrive) looking for a few tips. I would like to produce some fruit wines that are only a little sweet, but as flavorful as possible. Hoping for some specific steps to take. I'm starting with a one gallon kit until I get...

Hello, I am a beginning wine maker. I have had a lot of successful wine, so far and am eager to get into keeping it for longer periods. however I seem to hit a snag. I can't seem to get a straight answer on bottling. It took quite some time to gather the info needed. However I still have some...

Hello all! SO my name is Zach, and I haven't really lurked much on the forums here TOO MUCH, but I think I'm going to start after I make this post. I've been here a few times just to look for random tips (whenever Google sent me here) and it seems like a great place full of smart people...

I am getting ready to make my first batch of wine ever. Going to make a strawberry wine using C.J.J. Berry's recipe from his book First Steps In Winemaking... I am very worried that I will miss something cause there are no step by step instructions and I can sometimes have a have time extracting...

Hi all, New on this but would like some advice on a Kenridge Shiraz 6 bottle kit I did. It makes 4.5 liters out of 5 liters but in my wisdom decided to add 500ml of water on top to compensate what I lost in racking to get out the full 5 liters. My issue is I've just racked it into a...