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I plan on back sweetening a couple gallons of wine I am ready to bottle. I would like to know the amount of potassium sorbate per gallon recommended prior to adding sugar. I believe I am suppose to wait 24 hrs before adding sugar. I will be racking my 3 gal. carboy into 1 gal. jugs prior to...

When I go to bottle my 3 gal. carboy of wine, I plan on sweetening it prior to bottling. My intension was to rack the wine into a clean 5 gal bucket, add sugar to taste, then bottle. Will the racking into the bucket and stiring in the sugar help degassing? I fear that using a wand to stir the...

Thanks for the replies back. I am using #8 corks. The book I've been using as a guide mentioned to allow 1 cm of air space between the wine and cork, so even 1/4" is less than that. I have another 3 gal. carboy of wine to bottle still, so I think I'll not soak the corks this time, and also...

Two days ago I corked 4 bottles of wine from a 1 gal. carboy. The corks kept pushing back up over 1/4" after pushing them in the bottles several times. I know my wine is very stable. The SG hasn't changed the last ten months after three rackings. I soaked the new corks in a sulphite solution...

I am ready to bottle my first batch of wine. Last fall I started a batch of wild grape wine from grapes I picked near my home. The wine has been ageing in a 3 gal. & 1 gal carboy. I have racked three times since last November, and the SG has measured at 0.992 each time I racked. I bottled...

I racked my 4 gallons of wine today. The SG tested at 0.992, which is the same as it was in January and November. I did an acid test, and I came up with between 7 & 8 % acidity. I tested after adding 4 crushed campdon tablets. I hope that wasn't a mistake. The wine is very clear and...

Thanks Bill for the reply back. It sounds like I shouldn't be having any oxidation problems with my racking into a bucket. I believe I will rack one more time and then bulk age the wine in the carboys a few more months before bottling. You mentioned adding k-meta into the carboys. I'm not...

I'm 6 months into my first wine making batch of 4 gallons of wild grape wine. Before I present my questions, I'll give a rundown of my wine receipe I came up with. In early October I picked 21 lbs of stemmed wild grapes. I don't know what kind, but they were fairly large, almost black, and...

It does twist off just like the original twist cap. It is tight enough that I can't twist it off with my bare hand. (Don't have the grip I use to have I guess), but with a shirt tail or rag, I can twist it off. It also seems to twist back closed. Lamar

I tried my bottle capper on a Bud Light Platinum twist-off bottle with some water in it, and it seems to be held on good as far as I can tell. No leakage and is very tight. Lamar

This thread is of great interest to me. I like the idea of producing smaller bottles of wine, which I can use as gifts during the holiday. I have been saving several dozen empty bottles of Bud Light Platinum because of the beautiful cobalt blue color. These bottles used screw off caps. Could...