Let me begin this with a Welcome to the Forum. Should have said that earlier.
I just loosely lay the lid on top of the primary. I have never had a problem with overflow. I also have plenty of room between top of must and rim of bucket. ONE time I had an eruption in a carboy. Cant...
As a rule of thumb...
I generally add one cup of sugar per gallon to a dry wine and it ends up about 1.010. This is a nice acceptable level for the folks and my house and friends. We are not dry wine folks. Maybe one day my taste will develop?
To answer one question Potassium Sorbate will...
Liteweight....
Is this an advertised special?
I have a friend wanting to get into this and that would be a great savings for him.
Thanks,
Don
UPDATE....
I did find the sale. It uses a coupon code at checkout of "brewnow".
This sale is for the BEER making Deluxe kit. It...
Update....:u
I bottled a small batch of wine yesterday. Using synthetic corks and soaking them in sanitizer prior to insertion. First few did not go in all the way. Then I increased the speed of inserting and the rest all went right in as they should. I think I was just pushing down the...
Hope you enjoy your visit to our area. If free on a Sunday afternoon, you may want to check out Old Millington Winery near Millington. They have live music from around 3-6 each Sunday in the Summer. If not it is still worth the Visit. Perry is a nice guy. We also enjoy the wines from...
This goes a bit against advice.... BUT, I did a Cornucopia Tropical Reisling from Amazon dot com ($48.00 or a 30 bottle kit incl. shipping). My SWMBO really likes it. Ordered another and may try some of the tweak by adding part of the Fpack into the primary to boost the starting SG, and...