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Do most of you just start the siphon with your mouth? It seems like it would ruin all the work I put in to sterilizing the equipment...

I saw chaucers at the liquor store last weekend and now I'm glad I didn't buy a bottle. Maybe I'll just make and and see how it tastes!

I'm thinking about making a mead as my 2nd wine making attempt. However, I've never had mead and I don't know if I like it! I'd like to try one before I attempt to make it. Does anyone have a suggestion for a mead I could buy that would be a good representation of the category in general? Kyle

This is my first shot at wine making. I started an apple wine in my primary fermenter 6 days ago. The temp was a little cool (65) and today it was finally ready to move to the secondary fermenter. I racked it over and discovered I could only fill the jug about 3/4 the way full! I'm only making a...

Are you in the twin cities? If you are in the twin cities there is a brewing/wine supple shop called Midwest Brewing in St. Louis park that sells bulk honey for mead. I've never used it so I don't know the quality but I think it was about $40 for 15lb. Wedge co-op sells lots of local honeys but...

I found some preservative free cider! I guess I'll just have to drink the other stuff right away. :-P Thanks for the advice, I'm glad I didn't waste some perfectly good cider.

I was at an apple orchard today and picked up some apple cider. I am hoping to use it to start some apple wine tomorrow. The cider was flash pasteurized and has sodium benzonate in it. Is this going to prevent it from fermenting? If so, I'll have to try to find someone who sells cider without...

More info. Davew: I live close to midwest so I'm heading over there this week to get the stuff. The 1 gallon kit is $35 and the 6 gallon kit of $72. I could get the 6 gallon kit and then get a smaller carboy for my first batch right? From what I've read it seems like I can use the 7.5 gallon...

I just found your forum last night and the information seems very helpful! I'm going to buy a fruit winemaking kit this week and attempt an apple wine with some cider from a local apple farm. I have 2 questions: 1) Whats the difference between hard cider and apple wine? Is the process for...