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I know this comes up a lot, but figured that I’d ask for help anyway. So far I have made 2 cheap kit wines, batches of Skeeter Pee and Dragon’s Blood, and a few 1 gallon batches of fruit wine. I’m trying to decide what to make next. I’d like to stay at or under $100 for the kit. I’d like to...

I’m waiting for my first 6 gallon batch to clear. However, the wine is extremely dark, so it’s difficult to tell how clear it is. Previously, I did 1/2 and 1 gallon batches, as well as 6 gallon batches of SP and Dragon’s Blood. Those were all easy to see through since they were much lighter in...

I want to try out a few random wines, but I don’t want to make 5/6 gallons of it until I know how it will turn out. What do you use for fermenting 1 gallon batches? My local store has 1 gallon glass jugs, but I’d want something a little bigger in case of foaming. I plan on using the 1 gallon...

I’m coming up to the end of my first wine kit being made. I plan on bulk aging it in a carboy, mainly because I don’t have enough wine bottles or a corker yet. I have a few questions: 1) When do I add the fining agents? The instructions say add them once fermentation is complete, but not to add...

Is there any drawback to bottling in beer bottles with bottle caps as opposed to wine bottles with corks? None of the wine I’m making at this time is meant to be aged for a long time. I already have a collection of 16 and 22 oz beer bottles, a bottle capper, and a bunch of caps.

I decided to make my first batch of SP, but I added all 3 bottles of lemon juice to the primary without thinking. Think it will still turn out OK? Or should I toss it and start over?

Well, technically not my first one. I’ve now made a couple of jugs of wine from store bought grape juice and apple cider. They came out... ok. Not awful, not good. I have a few questions for my first “real” wine. I wanted to make some better wine than that, so I am now the proud owner of 2...