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I had some scrap plywood. I made a box with 5 - 3" x9" sections that allows 3 bottles to sit next to each other. The theory is to have the box upright the first few days to let the corks expand and then tilt the box over to have the bottles laying on their sides. This holds 15 bottles and is...

Sorry I may have been mixing information from the Dragons Blood and the Super Sugar Welch's method...

I thought the intent as mentioned in the original article was to stabilize slightly before completion so that the remaining few degrees of gravity kept the C02 blanket in place.

This is the second person who has chastised me on this when I explicitly stated I followed the directions adding sorbate when almost done at 1.000 and less? Are the directions on the Dragons blood incorrect?

Plastic 3 gallon carboy.

Mine is very much pink and not red...

Random Q... So i racked it on Sunday. Had half inch sediment by Wednesday. How often is too often to rack?

My LHBS has the canned Alexanders Muscat grape juice as well

Thanks! I have been brewing beer for the past 3 years. My wife has been asking me for a while why I didn't attempt at some wine for her. As she drinks mostly sweet $8 Moscatos I figured start easy. Learning a ton from here about how making Wine and brewing Beer are two completely separate...

What about using primarily the White Grape Juice concentrate with 1-2 cans substituted for the 100% juice Grape/Peach concentrate?

I looked at it today and it does seem to be clearing out now that the stabilizers have been added. Looking forward to how this will taste when it's done and aged.

I waited until it hit the 1.000 like the directions said before adding the KMeta and KSorbate. I was mostly concerned about the milkiness. Ill add my finning agent in a week if it doesnt clear.

First time making wine so bear with me. Made a batch of Dragons Blood, wanted to start cheap to learn the process. Right now it is a very pink wine, like if you took fruit punch and added a scoop of vanilla ice cream to it. My question is if this will become clear with the additions of a...

ROger that... I know for me the smell reduces every time I splash rack, but it builds back up quickly as fermentation continues. I am fermenting a batch of Dragon's Blood right now, except I am using Montrache, I added the Fermax at the beginning as directed. I read about the possibility of...

Ok, so on the same concept of the winemaking sites that say to pour the wine over the copper sheathing, what about Racking it in a colander with pennies in it... If I have to buy something I will. would prefer not to...