Recent content by Clawhammer

Bump / Update 1st batch - still fermenting away, no action taken to top off yet since its going strong 2nd batch - The hydrometer reading was stable for 3 days and the wine tastes great, so I went ahead and rack it and added kmeta.

Thanks everyone for sharing your thoughts, it definitely helps me get my head around what I should be thinking. My first batch has been sitting in secondary fermentation for about a week now still going strong. I got a wine thief today and finally took a SG reading and was surprised to see it...

Thanks Salcoco, no apologies required, I solicited advice and that is what Im here for! I now will do things a little differently on my second batch, which I just got going this weekend. I do have a hydrometer and know how to use it, I will employ it to guide fermentation going forward...

Thanks for your comments, I am trying to glean as much wisdom as possible from the experts, so I have a few follow up questions in response to your point. Thanks in advance for your patience with my newbie status! 1.) The instructions I was following said to strain and rack after one week of...

Thanks John, very much appreciated and quite a relief to hear all is well!

Hello Everyone, Im Eric, nice to meet you. I have been bitten by the brewing bug and you will likely see me here often! This is my first post about my first attempt. Yesterday I did my first rack of my 5 gallons of blackberry wine from the primary fermentation bucket to a 6 gallon carboy...