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The primary fermenting bucket I use for red wines has some scratches on the bottom, probably from using the drill mounted stirrer. No matter how much I scrub I still always have some darker staining from the red wine left in those scratches. Is this a cause for concern? Am I risking bacterial...

Has anyone made this kit? I just picked one up on sale at my local brew shop for cheap. I was thinking about re-using my grape skin pack that I have in my Super Tuscan. Just wondering if anyone had made this and what the results were? It says it won a silver medal.

I just wanted to post a quick update since there's not much here on these US Elite kits. I started their Chardonnay about 2 months ago. It fermented down to .994 with no problems. The instructions said that it was not necessary to degas but I did anyway. It had gas in it but not as much as...

Huh.. I just got my first paycheck for 2013 and it went down by about 60 bucks due to tax increases. I guess there will be less wine in my cellar now.

I have 15 gallons of Brehm Chardonnay that I have in bulk, one 3 gallon carboy and two 6 gallon carboys. Last month I cold stabilized the 3 gallon carboy in my kegerator for about 4 weeks at a temperature of 34 degrees. No wine diamonds ever dropped from that batch. I then put one of the 6...

Ok.. So I was on my online banking statement this morning and noticed a $5.37 charge from a company that said RECUR DEBIT CARD PAYMENT NB MINNEAPOLIS ROSEVILLE. So not being aware of any company with that name and not ever doing business with any company in Roseville MN I called my bank. They...

Sulfur Smell Rosso Fortissimo Ok so I'm a few months in to making a Cellar Craft Rosso Fortissimo. Last night I decided to rack and add 1/4 tsp of kmeta for long term bulk aging. I added the kmeta to the sanitized carboy premixed with a little wine and began to rack. I decided to try a small...

Hello everyone, I’m starting 15 gallons of Brehm Chardonnay juice tonight. I plan on doing 3 batches, two 6 gallon and one 3 gallon batch. I drove to Midwest today to get Opti-white but unfortunately I got the wrong amount and only got enough for about 12 gallons of wine. My question is...

Hello everyone, I have started my first batch of fruit wine and followed the recipe I have posted below. I made enough to have 5 gallons in the primary. I added 1/4 TSP of k-meta 24 hours prior to pitching the yeast. My question is do I add more k-meta when I sorbate and stabilize? I read...

So I went to the local brew shop on my lunch break to buy a 3 gallon carboy for a little Welch’s experiment I started last weekend… And of course I ended up walking out with a WE Luna Bianca kit. Me and my addictive behavior. :HB Anyway.. I read a few reviews after I got back and some folks...

Wow was I ever surprised how much gas was left in my batch of Chardonnay. I’ve had a 6 gallon batch of En Primeur sitting in a carboy for a few weeks now. I initially degassed it with a drill operated paddle when I stabilized it. I thought I had got all of the gas out until last night when I...

Hello everyone, I am just finishing my fourth chardonnay kit which is a MM Outback Chardonnay I got from FVW. I also have a En Primeur chard in bulk aging, a Vino Italiano from Amazon, and a chard that I made from Alexander’s concentrate in bulk aging. I’m obviously a big chardonnay drinker...

Hi everyone! I'm getting ready to back sweeten my first batch of SP. I used malt in mine to try to get it to taste more like Mike's Cranberry Lemonade. I used 7 cans of frozen lemonade and 3 cranberry.. Sugar and malt. It tastes pretty good but it's quite bitter at an SG of 1.000. I tested...

Hello, I'm working on a batch of hard lemonade. I believe it's pretty similar to SP, but I added malt to mine. My question is do I have to degas this in the secondary if I plan on kegging it in a Corny and dispensing it with C02 in my keggerator?

Hello everyone! I'm new to your form and new to wine making. I just finished de-gassing and racking my first batch of Chardonnay last night. I made a 6 gallon batch using 2 Alexander's Pinot Chardonanny concentrate. I used about 4 oz of French Oak chips in the primary and secondary and the...