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Thanks Thanks Wade

Sizzling Thanks for the replies and I have a sizzling sound in my primary..:db

Red Star I'm using Red Star Montrachet dry yeast...

I'm trying to make my first gallon of strawberry wine made with ripe strawberries and I went by the recipe and it seems the yeast ain't working. 1. Mashed fruit in straining bag into the primary 2. Put water, 2lbs. of sugar, 1 tsp. Acid blend, 1/4 tsp. Tannin, 1/2 tsp. Pectic Enzyme, 1...

What about caps? So you can put wine in a beer bottle but use a cap instead?

Thanks Thanks for the info!! They are pop off bottles instead of screw off but I won't risk it. Thanks for the warning.

I recently read where you could use beer bottles to put wine in, by using caps. My question is can you use corks instead of caps or do they make a cork that size?

Nice find....

Thanks Thanks everyone, for the help and I'll leave the neck empty unless I'm in bulk storage.

I have been reading about topping off the carboy after racking and I was wondering how far on the carboy do you fill it up to? Up to the shoulder or where the neck begins? Just wouldn't want to leave to much room or have a big mess to clean up.

That's pretty neat...

Thanks Thanks for the Welcome...Everyone! Oh Noooo! It tasted better than it looked.. I'll try to explain. I have this ceramic churn (don't know the exact size) that has a lip around the top that can hold water. I would then put my sugar in with some warm water to dissolve the sugar...

Although I'm new to the forum, but I have made a couple batches of Blueberry wine the way my Grandpa made it. It turned out pretty decent but I want to try it with the up-to-date methods. So I will have plenty of questions and glad to be here. :db