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I bought a super heavy duty vacuum pump on ebay, but I dont have the time to figure out how to wire it up properly right now(actually I did try and made a small electrical explosion), so I bought the hand vacuum pump that someone suggested on here from harborfreight. I racked the 5 gallon carboy...

Last year I made a cab sav and a Barbera. I let them ferment for a few months then I put them in my garage where they were around 27 degrees F for a few weeks. I thought that would kill any residual live yeast and make it so I didnt need to add sulfur or any chemicals. However some of the...

I need to rack my wines, and I always hate starting the siphon. I have been rinsing with mouthwash, and then using a 4" piece of rigid tube inserted into the flexible tube. I then pull onto the rigid tube and when the wine is racing down I unplug the rigid tube from the flexible tube and then...

This is my second year of making wines. I of course have suffered from the addiction and that entailed doubling the amount of carboys(now 4)this year, and adding a new varietal. My primary fermentation this year happened in only about 4-5 days, which I understand is within acceptable limits. My...