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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'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...

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...

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...