Recent content by brewski

My degasser is pretty simple and works well. I took a 3/8" dowel ~30" long and starting 1" from the end I drilled holes just large enough to force weed trimmer line through. Repeat this every few inches until you have the length of agitation you desire. Chuck the dowel in cordless drill and...

Surprised me also. I did allow the room temperature to increase from 75F to 80F. I did not have to add another yeast starter. I will check the SG in a day or two and rack and airlock probably this weekend. This is all I needed............another hobby! This is very enjoyable and pretty...

Again, thanks all. The stuff is spitting, fizzing, foaming and looking very good. The aerating and splashing from bucket to bucket worked.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. If it doesn't kick pretty soon I will do just that. It is working some but not sure if it will really get going or not. I added a few sticks of cinnamon and the flavor is nice. It would be great to have some of this as young wine for Christmas.

Okay, here is what I did. Aerated the you know what out of it. I took a 3/8"dow rod 20" long and drilled holes in it every inch up from the bottom about 90 degrees off from each other, about 8 holes in all. The holes are just big enough for 10" lengths of nylon weedeater string to fit...

The juice has no additives. Thanks! I will aerate the living #@$ out of it and give it a few days. I'll let you know how it goes.

I'm just getting stared in winemaking and need a little help. I have 5 gallons of Grape concentrate going now and looking good. The problem came on batch #2 which is apple from concentrate. I have it in the primary fermenter but it does not appear to be fermenting. I think my mistake was...