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Perhaps I'm missing something and you're all thinking "Is she really asking that?" or perhaps it's one of those "because it's always been done that way" things, but I'd really like to know why all the recipes and instructions I've seen have several days in the primary fermenter and then the rest...

Background: I have a 1gal batch of strawberry/saskatoon wine that is 22 days old. On day 7 I strained the fruit from it and put it into a 1gal glass jug and a 750ml wine bottle. I had taken an sg reading initially and while I was straining the fruit, but in a moment of mass ineptitude I kept my...

I'm going to be honest. Dandelions are what convinced me to finally start making wine. This spring my backyard was probably visible from the space station as a yellow dot, there were so many, and since I have always heard about how wonderful dandelion wine is, I picked a bunch and cleaned them...

I haven't run across any time it would make a difference yet, but this is probably something I should figure out before I've got a siphon pinched off and am typing questions with my toes... ;) How full should a carboy or jug be filled when racking? Landmarks please... "to the shoulder"...

My first wine (a strawberry/saskatoon blend) went from primary to a jug today. Of course I snuck a glass to make sure it wasn't gross, and aside from the new wine harshness - which kind of reminds me of kool-aid and vodka - its better than I expected. Such a lovely colour, too! Exactly the...

I've got a beer kit (Canada brews, if I remember correctly) that is sucking the water out of the airlock into the carboy. It's due to be bottled within the next day or so, but I thought it was supposed to BLOW bubbles, not suck them. It was working fine, and I thought I had seen a couple of...

Yes, I know what it rhymes with, you don't have to say it. ;) I've been making wine for about... 4 days now. :) Just a baby (1 gal) batch of berry wine to wrap my head around the process. Its bubbling away and starting to get a boozy smell, so at least the yeast knows what its doing. I...