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Giving it more thought and some reading, I'm guessing should have let it ferment out and checked for a stable hydrometer before bottling? But if it has run its course on fermentation, would the corn sugar create carbonation?

Actually, I did wire the stoppers but one of them I must not have done a good job tightening it down. On the others, as soon as I removed the wires I could see the stopper starting to move up. I need to take more interest in the SG and educate myself. Many of the non-wine recipes in the book...

Instructions 1. Peel the lemons and scrape the white pith from the peels so that only the zest remains. Coarsely chop the zest and put it in the primary fermenter. 2. Juice the now-skinless lemons. 3. Boil the water, then stir in the sugars. Pour the hot liquid onto the lemon zest in the...

I made a beverage called Sima. Not really a wine, but a beerlike quaff. Ingredients were 1 gall water, two lemons, 1 cup sugar white sugar, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 packet Nottingham ale yeast. Combined in primary fermenter with airlock. After 7 days put 1.25 tsp of corn sugar in each champagne...

Thanks to everyone for your input. Funny that the wine making equipment kit I purchased came with hole drilled and casket installed for an airlock in the bucket lid. Perhaps the sellers favor always using an airlock. Should I plug it or just leave it open?

Hello, New to wine making in just the past week. Is it normal to use an air lock on a primary fermentation bucket or use a lid without one? Seems some recipes specifically state to cover and attach air lock while others say just to cover. Thanks.