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Because I'm not yet ready to be producing 30 gallons of wine with every batch!! :ib Once I get a kit ...and get better at making it - then I can upgrade ;)

I'm about to buy this 1-gallon kit. http://www.homebrewers.com/product/3008/1-Gallon-Wine-Making-Equipment-Kit.html

So the one packet is UP TO 6 gallons? I add the entire packet even if I'm making less than 6 gallons?

...another dumb question about yeast. haha! I think you might be right! Probably safer to start small, though. Say. Another dumb question about yeast. If I make 6 gallons or 1 gallon - do I still use the same amount of yeast? Do I need to add more yeast for more, or does it matter? Wine...

Oooops. Thanks for the clarification! I could hear very faint fizzing - but it was almost so faint that I could have been imagining it! And it certainly wasn't bubbling. I figured that I didn't do the yeast right, so I pulled the plug at about 16 hours. Live and learn, eh?

Thanks for all of the responses! Sounds like I really need to just get a kit. I should be able to in the next couple of days (maybe it's just me, but these kits seem kindof expensive for just a plastic and glass container, a airlock and siphon, and a few packets of yeast ;) -- I'm in the...

Hello there, I'm completely new at home wine making, but I've been reading a lot about it lately and find it to be completely fascinating. I ought to preface my question by stating that I have not yet bought a wine making kit. I've picked out a 1-gallon kit that I'm planning on buying soon...