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The last step I am talking about is sitting in the Carboy for a few months after transferring from Primary fermentation. So long as 70 is good then I am good.

I am getting ready to make my 2nd batch of wine and I have been reading the directions online of a couple of kits I am thinking of buying from Midwest. Both are saying in the last process to keep the temp between 59 - 66. Not sure how to obtain this. I have a basement but it is around 70. I...

I have used the filter system once and it worked perfectly. Getting ready to filter some beer before kegging. The pump system is great!

It is a kit wine. It has been in secondary since June. Cabernet Sauvignon is the wine type. Anything special to do to test the Ph?

I was getting ready to bottle and had just completed the filter process and decided to taste the wine. I has a mild sour taste. My local store told me it was acidic. He told me the two ways to get rid of it were to add sugar and potassium sorbate. Or he said I could add this chemical (cannot...

It is in secondary right now. It is a pumpkin ale and has quite a bit of gunk at the bottom of the carboy even though I strained it after the boil and pumped it out of primary to the secondary. I want it to be clear and crisp when I bottle it. That is why I wanted to filter it. However I...

I am going to filter my wine soon. I bought the 1 and 5 micron filter. One is for beer and the other is for wine I just cannot remember which is which. Can you help?? Thanks, Tom

All in One Pump review After a disastrous try at degassing my wine with a wine whip on a drill I gave up and ordered the All-in-one pump. It is awesome, there is no way I would make wine without it. I also use it for beer. Worth the $$ and the tech support is great.:gb

After a disastrous try at degassing my wine with a wine whip on a drill I gave up and ordered the All-in-one pump. It is awesome, there is no way I would make wine without it. I also use it for beer. Worth the $$ and the tech support is great.