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Just poking around old posts. Very informative blog post! That gives me inspiration :hug

I found out (a bit too late) that I needed a long spoon or paddle that wasn't included.

I wonder if Milk Paint would be an option.

Thanks for the replies! I love responses that are in my favor.

While bottling my RJS Barolo, I used my bottle filler, except for the last couple of bottles. For those, I filled directly from the spigot in my bucket. Lots of air was introduced during this. So, have I ruined these bottles, or do they simply need extra time to get over the bottle shock...

As long as you don't move, why not give it a shot.

As a beginner, I'll offer my thoughts. First, realize that the people that come to a forum are usually the ones with some questions. Someone who has maybe a friend with experience helping them, or who is less apt to seek help probably won't post (although if they fail, the are generally...

Such as getting ready to bottle after re-racking to my primary, and while moving stuff to make room, dropping the plastic top of my popcorn popper into the wine.:try

Found these points to think about for beginning kit makers and thought I'd post. Feel free to counter any areas which you disagree with!! I thought it was a good read. http://www.mayerscidermill.com/Mayerscm/WineMistakes.htm

I can't wait to try Dandelion wine. I have tons of them in the field behind my house. The only instructions I had were from my Euell Gibbons book, so I'm excited to incorporate some of these ideas!

I'm sure I'll have many more good ones to post as I go along!

I just read an answer for this in a link to some wine kit tips, and will post the link in a new topic as soon as i get 2 more posts :re They say not to re-hydrate (again, this is specific to kits).

Thanks guys! No, it wasn't all that much, and it was on hardwood floors, so cleanup wasn't that bad. Of course, nothing is easy. My fermentation bucket is drilled for a spigot. I tested it for seal...perfect. Added the juice and water, and a leak sprung. Maybe I bumped it with the spoon...

New to this, and I started one 10L kit 2 weeks ago, and a 9L kit tonight. Both times, I ended up spilling some of the concentrate while pouring into the fermentation bucket. Any at all adverse effects to this?! It wasn't a lot :slp, but I thought I'd ask!