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Looking for a supplier that has good prices on their kits and reasonable shipping and handleing rates. I would love to start using my local stores (South Chicagoland/NW Indiana) but find limited supply on their kits. S&H charges on these kits are pretty steep given their weight.

Made a Mezza Luna Red tonight and pitched the hydrated yeast into the must that was at about 78 degrees. The directions called for pitching between 72-75 degrees. Will there be a problem because of this? When we hydrate the yeast the temps are well above this when we pitch to hydrate. Using Red...

Does it matter if you store homemade wine in the upright position or on it's side. I keep them upright three days to enable to cork to seal? I was planning on storing them in wine boxes in the basement until I set up racks down there.

Does anyone get 30 bottles from a 6 gallon kit? I had my Mezza Luna White two inches from the top of the 6 gallon Carboy and was transfering to another Carboy to get away from excessive sediment in the bottles when bottling about an hour later and had to stop with about 1.5 to two inches of the...

Looking to use this for degassing in a 6 gallon BB. If used with a power drill on slow speed I am hearing that it is very effective. I know the foam and or liquid will rise radiply when using the Winexpert Wine Wand. Has anyone used this in the 6 Gallon BB? If so how many times did you need to...

I racked to the secondary after 8 days and gravity was at the suggested level. Fermentation is continuing nicely. The directions stated that you should have about a liter of space left after the transfer but I ended up with almost a full carboy after avoiding most of the sediment at the bottom...

The recipe I made this weekend called for two bags of oak chips to be stirred in under the water. I did that but as you can imagine some of them floated back to the top (wood). I then pitched the yeast at 75 degrees. Much of the yeast landed on top of the well hydrated oak chips. Is it normal to...

Decided on this one as my first kit as I have many people asking me to make a white. The kit looked quite intresting and a cross between two styles. Anyone make this kit before and your thoughts? Should be making it next week.

Decided on this one as my first kit as I have many people asking me to make a white. Looked quite intresting and a cross between two styles. Anyone make this kit before and your thoughts? Should be making it next week. Ooops wrong section!

Is it Ok to use the Wine Wand in Better Bottles?

Is it Ok to use Better Bottles for the Secondary. I am hearing mixed thoughts on this topic?