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Hieneken bottles work great. I've started bottling a half dozen or more of each batch, for tasting and carrying in the cooler for those occasions when an adult beverage is appropriate.

Shouldn't that be 1 bottle of red wine? 1 cup for the sauce, the remainder for the cook.

Welcome and have fun makingit. For the price, you can't get better wine. I've not been at it that long, but it won't take long before people are asking for yours instead of what they buy in the typical store. But hold out on your friends, get your bottles back before letting another out...

I can attest that George's branded of corks work very well. I just rinse them in a sulphite solution, let them dry a bit, and insert them as dry as possible. I'm using a Portugese Bench corker, and have had no issues with the FineVineWine corks.

Bett Bottles are great, they're comparably priced to glass carboys, but when you add the spigot, the price gets pretty high. I personally feel you have more control keeping sediment out with the racking canes. If you use the Better Bottle, I recommend the Ferm-Rite bungs for an airlock...

I think they are absolutely worth the extra cost. You don't have to worry about losing the fluid like anH2Oairlock. With the plastic bottles, you can easily suck the fluid back into the carboy if you move it. I'm sold, you selling them yet?

Most kits use the '96' as the stopping point.But remember, temperature affects specific gravity (SG)readings, but of course I don't remember the calculations to figure out the correct SG. Stick with the directions. Myself, I use them as a minimum, I'll sometimes allow twice the time recommend...

Welcome, and if you have the time for fresh fruit, great. Myself, I can bearly keep up with everything else, so that's all I've done are kits. And to this point, it's what I enjoy doing, and so far everyone has enjoyed drinking. So I whole heartily endorse kits.

Looks just right to me too. As the fermentation starts to slow, the temperature will start to decrease back to room temp. Keep up the good work, and enjoy.

Continue on, although it's probably better to follow the instructions in the kit, I don't you've done much harm. Is the mixture bubbling, it should be by now?

The're pretty tough, just insert the stem through the middle hole. You may have to push kind of hard to get it started, then just pull on the end once started. I thought I'd rip that small end off while pulling the cap back on, but like I said, they're pretty tough.

Info: When using plastics bottles, I found you can suck the fluid from the airlock when moving the bottles around. I just started using the waterless airlocks with my 'Better Bottle' to avoid that, and so far they working great.

George, No error now, must've caught the server at a bad moment.

George, f.y.i. You're getting the line; <%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT" CODEPAGE="1252"%> displaying on the pics, all of them.

I got the #10 with the rest of my order, thanks. First thing I checked was, would it fit in my Better Bottle. mmmmmmmm.. Barely, not tight enough for me to feel comfortable using it for long term aging. At first I'll start it out as a secondary. The #6.5 size fit great. But make...