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Also I've never had any issued with overflowing with any kits (I've done about 8 different ones) in a primary bucket. I started with a 6.5 gal primary & have purchased another 7.9 gal. I think the bigger one does better, personally.

I've been doing kits for almost 2 years now. My hubby does beer. We have been using the same glass carboys for awhile. I do have my own wine primaries but that's because I'm good @ keeping my full & I will fill up a carboy as soon as its empty :)

Most people in CO tend to do beer. Good to see more from CO enjoying the wines :)

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I am the wine maker in this & a female. I did start doing this after my beer brewing hubby encouraged me to. So now we are a family of brewers & my second bathroom is now the fermetation room.

I have not started it yet. I just realized that she ate my yeast as well. I'm going back to the homebrew to get yeast. Thank you for the info! I'm thinking about even trying to make some skeeter pee outta this. It's to cold to make beer so we have a few extra carboys for a few more...

I have only made one wine from a kit period. I love the wine better than anything I can purchase at the store for under$10, as I refuse to pay more than that for a bottle of wine. I got my second wine kit a Corucopia Strawberry White Merlot. My dog thought she wanted to help/try so she...

When testing your acid levels in wine, do you use an actual acid kit or have you used the acid testing PH strips from the good old days of jr high?

With wines, is it okay to use plastic carboys? We have tons of these for beer making, but fewer glasses due to weight issues...they are heavy & I'm a whimp! My concern for using plastic with wine is oxidation though.

Weird mix: mainly pears, chillis, grapes. But I bet I can get just about anything, for the right price!

Hello everyone. I am just starting making wine. I've done one whole kit, almost. I'll be bottling it this week. I am going to do one more easy kit just to be sure I have the basic process down. What I really want to do is try out a fruit wine. Are their any fruit wines that are a little...