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I have the same problem from the same kit. I racked it several time but still had problems.

If still on my first batch of wine from a kit. I've just transfered it from the primary to the secondary. I don't know why we do this other than the instructions say to. The only difference I see is there is no longer any wood chips, and there is less surface area in the carboy than the bucket...

Everything is going great! I checked my sg and it's ready for the carboy. I'll make the transfer tonight. If I knew how to post pics I would.

I looked in last night and it was not what I expected. I expected to see this purple frothy mess, mixed with oak chips. I was shocked to see the oaks chips were settled to the bottom. there was a ring of oakchips on the sides of the bucket (from the sloshing carring it to the closet). Should I...

I started My first batch of wine Saturday. I'm making a Chilean Malbec , by wine expert. Everything seems to be fermenting properly. Since it's my first kit I really want to peek inside and see what's going on inside the primary. Can I take the lid off and peek or will it mess something up?

My local wine kit store told me that the easy clean would clean and sanitize. Since I know it doesn't. Will it be ok to make my first batch with only easy clean? I bought a better bottle carboy (plastic) is this going to cause problems?

Just to clear things up, I did not purchase my kit from The Wine Maker's Toy Store. I did not mean to imply that I did. I wish that I had, but as they say you live and learn.

No I did not buy my kit from the wine maker's toy store. I only used the link to provide examples. I'm sorry if I was missleading I did not mean to imply that I was getting my kit from the Wine Maker's Toy Store. I now feel like I should have (you live and learn).

My local wine supply store sold me a kit. THis kit contains easy clean cleanser. I think this is a cleaner not a sanitizer. My wine supply store told me the easy clean is a sanitizer. They told me to was my carboy like I would any dishes, in hot soapy water, rinse well then wash with the easy...

I just bought a wine kit from my local wine maker suply store and there was one of these in the kit http://www.finevinewines.com/ProdDetA.asp?PartNumber=4889 they call it a Ferrari Automatic Bottle Filler. Thise looks like it would make a mess. DO you use this? I saw a small glass tube with a...

I was talking to a guy the other day at my local wine supply store and he told me that he filters his wine with coffee filters. Does this sound crazy? I've always heard the saying, "A poor man, has poor ways". Would this work if you did not have the extra money to buy a filter?

My wife's family is from valiant, ok. Which is about 20 outside of Hugo.

We have lots of wild blackberrys, wild plums, wild persimmons. We have some nice pear and peach trees, and my wife is trying her hand at strawberrys. We also have a few mulberry trees. I think I'll try the blackberry's first.

My name, "hoxbar" is the name of an old ghost town that was located near my home. It was a community that was started probably by Native American's after the trail of tears. Very little is know about this community, other than it was located in the pickens district(which is like a county)...

I haves very simple question. Is it necessary to store my homemade wine on it's side? I plan on using synthetic corks, I've read they don't let air in the bottle. Is this true? I was hoping to put the filled bottles back in the box they came in and store them upright in a closet. Will this work?

I'm new here and just wanted to introduce myself. I live in southern Oklahoma and will be starting a free winemaking class from my local winemaking store. I'm very excited! I'm planning on starting with kits and maybe moving into making fresh fruit wines from the many fruits I have avaible on...