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I started my #2 (Skeeter Pee... because of all the hype) and I managed to break off the tip of my floating thermometer. (I don't think I'll be using one of these again - at least not a glass one). There's steel shot and glass in the must now. (No red alcohol, luckily). This seems to be really...

I've already added 4 tsp of sorbate to my wine when racking off the secondary (it was at 0.996-0.997 for a while). I also added about 1/4 + 1/8 tsp K-meta. (This was at 8.5 gallons before racking). The sorbate looks like white jimmies (like you'd put on ice cream). A tsp of the sorbate out of...

I racked to carboys for secondary fermentation on Sunday (S.G. right around 1.000). It's been 3 days, but the temps have dropped to around 65 degrees. I checked the wine this morning and it was just a hair below 1 (so maybe 0.999). The airlocks have been popping slowly all along, but I had...

I'm making the Blueberry Melomel and am about to rack to secondary... there are lots of solids in the primary buckets (I didn't use a bag) and I want to know how to siphon / filter these out. I have some cheesecloth I can use - it's more of a logistical problem. 1. get the wine out w/o too...

I'm sure I'm jumping the gun here, but... Is it normal for primary fermentation to slow down dramatically around 1.020? My last few readings (readings taken twice a day from two fermenters): 1.038, 1.040 1.030, 1.032 1.022, 1.022 1.018, 1.020 <-- tonight's reading All along it's been...

My intro: I've been brewing for years (Tea only. Ha). This is the first time I've ever fermented anything (except by accident... ;)) My 5 year old son is super excited over this project... though I've already told him he can only have sips! My situation: I've almost filling my primary (7.9...