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So…. How do i know when to rack into secondary? When sg reaches 1.000, or when fermentation stops? As i understand it, yeast stops...

Smoke this is a hobby, and like most hobbies you can get just as serious as you want. I take it to what ever level I want with each...

Just found this forum. I have a 4 vines in the garden that were here when we bought the house. Trying to train them into an overhead...

funny, I thought it was just about smashing grapes and putting it in a bottle. lol I get it, I realize that there a lot of serious...

so I guess i should have stated that this is just a hobby for me and I'll only be doing this for me and the fam, so not looking for...

numbers this evening were as follows SG-1.032 TA-5.5g/l using a wine acid test kit ph-3.05 @63 degrees using a kegland ph meter...

No crystals in the grape wine. I had tiny bubbles in the secondary after 4 rackings in 2 mpnths in the secondary. about 3 inches of lees...

On a side note, any idea how to post videos from an iPhone?

So, I unplugged the heating mats and of course the fermentation settled back down. Gonna test for sg/ ta/ and ph before adding fermaid-k...

Apparently I don’t know how to post videos out . Mov

I too recently started a batch of strawberry wine. I used Jack Kellers recipe/instructions from his "Home winemaking" book with Daniel...

love the last sentence!

When bottling wine, does it matter what size bottle is used? The reason I ask is because I’m thinking of using both splits (187.5ml) and...

What is a LHBS?

Where does everyone source their bottles and corks from? I’m looking for 187.5ml splits to use for tastings instead of opening up full...