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So can you supply a link to these pumps? I could not locate them on Wades store site.

After waiting patiently for 5 months I decided Saturday morning was the time bottle my first batch of apple/cranberry wine. I wash the bottles, soak the corks, carefully sanitize and lay everything out when it happened. Raising the carboy to a higher level for better siphoning it slipped out of...

Yes, wife and kids will be helping bottle. Most will be given away to the friends who have been saving wine bottles since last spring. Dandelion and Mint seasons are only a few months away, followed closely by strawberry and then apple again. Need to make room for the next projects.

We started this stuff back in late September as a 5-gallon batch using cider. I accidentally put way too much sugar in so I split it around November into two, 5-gallon batches. One I topped of with untreated apple juice and one with untreated cranberry juice. I racked the stuff every 4 weeks...

As long as the bubbles are consistent isn't it still fermenting?

No problem, I appreciate the input. My secondaries are in my office, which is usually between 65 and 68 degrees this time of year. This morning the apple was 1.002 and the apple cranberry was 1.010. We'll see what the next two days read. I would have thought the apple would have been a...

Other than messing up the sugar I followed this basic formula: http://www.eckraus.com/wine-making-apple.html By "looking into" degassing I meant I'd have to figure out what it is and how to do it, not think it over. My understanding is that the Campden tablets are used to stabilize the wine...

Until a few months ago the only thing I'd used a hydrometer for was checking anitfreeze and battery acid in my car. I''ve since bought a hydrometer but as I have no initial reading I've not taken any readings with it. Do you think I should at this point?

When I rack it I've been topping off with pasteurized apple juice, making sure there are no preservatives. Fermentation seems to stop for a day or two then the small bubbles start again. When I pull a sample out it seems clearish. Maybe slightly clearer than filtered, store bought apple juice...

I use one of those long claw devices intended to retrieve dropped nuts and bolts. Saves bending over. My plan 2011 is to plant extra mint and jalapenos in the garden. I want to try a small batch of each.

No. I've not degased at all. Guess I'll have to research that. By foam I mean just a bunch of the normal bubbles all a t once, not a froth. They will be there around 10 seconds then everythign is back to normal.

Early October I started 5 gallons of apple wine and 5 gallons of apple cranberry. I've racked it twice after removing it from the primary and will probably rack again soon. Most of the time there is a steady ring of small bubbles at the top of the liquid, but occasionally I notice about 3/8" of...

I find the hardest part is waiting to sample the product. On the other hand, my father-in-law used to always have 5 gallons of white and 5 gallons fermenting in the basement. He claimed that for him wine-making was the only hobby he found where he could invest about 5 hours a year in effort and...

That is about what I paid for mine last month and I thought it was a good investment. Actually I went together with a friend who makes mead and we split the cost. If you look at the cost of other pieces of equipment $60 does not seem that much. Some concentrates approach that price and I felt I...

I got away from wine making for a few decades and it seems things have gotten more complicated. Which is why I'm here. This spring my daughter came to me and said "Dad, I'd like to try some dandelion wine this year." "Starting a little late aren't you?" I asked. "Why, she replied, It's only...