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I have been bulk aging wine (2 x Regina Juice pails - red) sice December 2013.... When I added Kmeta at my first racking in January, I added a whole teaspoon by mistake, as a result I skipped adding kmeta on successive rackings. I dont have anyway to test the sulphites in it and I'd like...

I have a bunch of blueberries that I froze a couple months ago because they were a little too tart/sour to eat by themselves. Right now I use them for making smoothies/pancakes and such. Could these be used to make a nice wine or will the sourness come through?

I have four 1 gallon (160 oz) glass jugs for use as carboys for experimenting with small batches, but nothing for primary. I like to ferment dry in primary, and I dont really want to be topping off after moving from primary to carboy because they will be unique wines so I'd like a plastic bucket...

I have have some welches wine sitting in a carboy at 0.990 for 4-5 months now and I want to get it into bottles so it can be enjoyed this summer but the backsweetening timing is unclear to me. If I were to rack to a new carboy could I add the sorbate and k-meta then immidiately start adding...

Hi guys, I am having some issues calculating ABV from SG. My original SG was 1.086, my final SG was 0.90. By my calculation that (OG-FG)*131 puts it around 24%.... I used EC1118, which apparently dies off at 18%. The temps should have been rather consistant, if anything it was...

On Jan 24 I started a batch of welch's grape concentrate wine with a starting SG of 1.086 with EC-1118, I stirred it daily and activity looked good (lots of foam). On January 29th it got down to roughly 1.035 (foam prevented perfect reading). I stopped stirring here so it could finish and the...

Can I ferment to dry in a primary that doesn't seal (eg not air tight/no airlock)? Usually I use a bucket that seals with an airlock to try and get down to 0.995, then rack to carboy and kmeta. I wanted to make a larger batch, so I needed a larger bucket and this bucket doesn't seal. Will...

I just finished fermenting a couple red juice pails a few days ago and racked to a carboy with kmeta. I plan to leave it in the carboy for a few months then rack it again for a few more months before going to bottle... There seems to be an awful lot of head space. I thought this was something I...

I recently bought 2 Regina red juice pales. Both had been fermenting in the fridge at the store, so when I got them they were SG 1.000. wine 1) stopped at 0.996-0.998 (hard to tell as the wine does not sit flat around the cylindrical hydrometer and stayed the same for about a week, so I...

Hi everyone! This site seems like an excellet community. I've made kits with the precise instructions before so I have an idea of the steps. But I bought a bucket of Regina juice (Chateauneuf du pape) yesterday and the instructions I was given were a little vague. 1. Loosely fit the lid (or...