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Once again, thanks for all the help. I think everything is going alright now. I bought a hydrometer this afternoon as well as a hose to siphon the primary into a secondary. I wish I had been able to read the specific gravity when I started so I'd have an idea of the alcohol content, but...

I just noticed there is also a layer of white stuff at the bottom of the jug. Yeast and sugar maybe? I had mixed it all up and it had dissolved though, kind of weird.

Thank you very much for the help! To answer your questions... -It's in a gallon jug with not very much air in it, not even an inch below the cap. - It's a champagne yeast, EC-1118 (saccharomyces bayanus) -The room is abour 75 degrees +/- 2 -No way to measure the OG -Added about 1...

If this spoils I'll definately use that recipe for the next batch. So far there's no brown color. I still am not sure if I should take the airlocks out to let it breathe and ferment some????

I got my instructions from the guy at the shop. I wanted to make watermelon wine and this is what he told me to do. Ingredients: - One gallon of watermelon juice - 2.5lbs of sugar - One teaspoon of pectic enzyme - Two crushed campden tablets I sterilized the pot that I used to...

Also, there is a light odor coming from the bottles that kind of smells like rotten eggs. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that's a bad thing...

Hi! My name is Keith and I live in North Carolina. I just made my first little batch of wine on Sunday night. I was shopping at a specialty beer shop and got into a conversation with one of the guys that works there that led me to purchase some bare essentials to make some wine. So I...