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Was thinking about that, 2nd rack will go to a 3 gallon for longer aging. Bottle the remaining to <15 750ml and make sure there is 1 or 2 left to compare with the 3 gallon when bottled in a few months.

Thank you all for your responses. I don't want to deviate from the directions. I was concerned that maybe the yeast finished faster but now that I look, I can see it is still active from what I saw this morning. Future processes will probably be bulk aged longer, I just don't see us waiting very...

This is my first time making wine so naturally I'm probably being over cautious. I bought one of the 8L Winexpert kits. Started fermentation last Friday. It came with Oak chips and granular oak, no skins but I stirred it 2x a day for the first 5-6 days. Fermentation was going great. Yesterday...

Thank you for all your replies. Changing to the #9 corks and floor corker now. Read that they are better for 24mm. Glad I signed up to this site, definitely a lot of knowledge here. I didn't post earlier. I was planning to start the fermentation in the bucket the must ships in, or should they be...

Planning to start with Cabernet Sauvignon. I've been watching a lot from YouTube channel "The Home Winemaking Channel" and some others. Equipment list so far 2x 5 Gallon Carboys - Glass (North Mountain Supply) comes with drilled and undrilled bungs, airlock, carboy dryer, handle and cap Carboy...

So I started out with the idea of making wine, went to Amazon and looked at the kits. Then I started my Freshman year at YouTube University doing research. Within a couple days, I now have an Amazon wishlist of $743 from 28 items to build my own "kit" and become a Vitner. I look at it like this...