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Thanks, we were considering putting the wine in a large plastic bucket with a lid next time, and the fine nylon fabric sounds like a great idea! I'll use that next time :)

Thank you! I am looking at wine making kits now. I'll get one for my next batch :) and I'll find a hydrometer to calculate the ABV. I'm not worried about high alcohol content, more about it tasting nice. I like red, so will try that soon. The muscadine recipe called for sugar to be added...

I used cheesecloth, then a towel. Fruit flies still managed to get in :( And I also had the white film on the wine from a bacteria I believe. It tasted fine, but I can do it better next time. Let the research begin! :ib

Thanks everyone! I was going to throw it all out, but hubby wanted to taste it. It tastes ok, but the fruit fly issue grosses me out. As for my recipe, it was very very basic and found on the internet. I figured I have nothing to lose, so why not try it. The recipe said to wash the...

Thanks, I will do that and put it in the closet tomorrow. Is a closet ok for fermenting? We have a old musty basement area, but its quite cold down there.

Hi! I am a newbie to all of this, trying to figure my way around things! So I have made a very basic muscadine wine. I found a recipe online as I had so many muscadine grapes. The recipe said to ferment the wine in bottles with cheese cloth over the tops. I had it in the laundry but the fruit...

Hello! Just a young lady from Georgia here :h I am trying my hand at wine making on a very basic level. Muscadine wine. I found a recipe online, and I made a fair bit. Now I have fruit fly problems! I'll ask about that in another thread. Just wanted to say hi! I will be nosying around...