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I'm looking for some advise on which brand of juice to buy in a upcoming months since I'm unfamiliar with either. They are both Chilean Mosti Mondiale Toro Negra I'm planning on 1 each of the following Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Thanks, Pete

I was wondering how you all chill your wort? I was looking at a chiller coil but my gut feeling is that people are using it backwards. From what I gathered and have seen on vids one puts the coil in the wort and then run cold tap water thru coil. My thought is to submerge the coil in a bucket...

Ok so I'm planing on brewing my first batch this weekend. I bought my supplies from local brew shop with the help of one of the customers. I bought a 3.75lbs can of Coppers Australian Ale. The guy that help me recommended that I also buy 3lbs of Muntons (powdered) and 2oz Cascade hop pellets...

I'm looking to buy a beer bottle capper. Which type/style should I get? I have a Port. floor corker, I have seen an adaptor kit to convert a floor corker into a capper. I don't remember where I saw it thou. Is it any good? Should I just get a seperate capper so I don't have to screw around with...

How do you sanitize for bottling? Rinse bottle then dump a little sulfite soultion in each bottle and then drip dry? or Add small amount of dry sulfite directly into bottle and then rinse then drip dry? or Submerege them in soultion and let drip dry? or...

Ok All, I got a floor corker for Christmas :D. I've been using screw caps. So let me see if my understanding of the reading I've been doing is correct or if my memory soaked it in. 1 Soak the corks in a sulfite/water mixture. How long? Should they be submerged? 2 Obviously clean sanitize the...

The conversation came up at work with one of the women in the office that I'm making my own wine. So she goes on to tell me that her husband makes wine as well and goes ahead and brings me a bottle to try. I never even look at the bottle and just take it with many thanks. When I get home first...

Looking for some input on adding Glycerine to red wine at bottling. Do's and Don'ts Thoughts? thanks, Pete

I haven't done so yet but I just want to be prepared. After taking 3 SG readings that are all the same. I should rack and add Sorbate? or Sulfite? with little to no head space in carboy with airlock? I plan on bulk aging so how long do I leave them topped off with airlock? Do I need to bottle...

Hi All, Newbie here in need of some advice. To give you all a little back ground, I made wine (from juice)last year at my friends house with his guidance with Great outcome. This year we went our separate ways and I don't want to screw it up. I've read many posts here already that have added to...