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Update on my first wine making attempt: Racked last Friday according to the directions into a carboy after the SG stabilized at .990 from the starting point of 1.080. Took 9 days in total, the last three the SG was stable, at a temp of 70deg. Degassed, added chems and clearing agent and the...

Thanks all. It is a leap of faith for me to not cover it tightly as any other fruit juice based liquid would have long since spoiled. I have read and understand the process but actually doing it is another animal. I suppose after a successful first batch I will be a believer. Anyhow Day...

Wine FNG Hello! I am in the first week of my wine making career and figured I would stop lurking. My first DB variant is on day 5 at SG 1.012 made from Strawberry,Blackberry and Raspberry as that is all BJ's had. Excited to say I made wine! Quick question about Covering the Primary as...