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Hey everyone, got a new one for you all. I live in Northern Alberta Canada and last Monday I was evacuated from my town because of an 815000 acre forest fire. This froggen fire has a perimeter of 360 miles. Readon for my post is that on the night I was evacuated I was supposed to rack my old...

I made a batch of 5 gallon apple wine back in August from the apples on my tree. I did the final rack today and tested it (of course) I can taste the booze and it's dry ( that doesn't matter) but the apple flavor is faint at best. 1. How can I sweeten / flavour it? 2. Will it start up again...

Morning Everyone, I made a 5 gallon batch of apple wine from 40lbs of apples that I got off my tree up here in Northern Alberta and its looking pretty good I think. The second racking is coming up here in a couple of weeks and that is my concern. When I took the apples out, the must was...

I am still using the primary bucket that I received when i got my starter kit. I've about 10-12 kits through it now. It sure smells like I make wine in it and it hasn't seemed to make any difference in the tastes of my batches but something tells me its time to change out the old for a...

I've been waiting for my paklab peach Chardonnay to clear for the past 6 weeks or so. The top two thirds of the carboy was crystal clear but the bottom wouldn't clear. I finally said the heck with it and figured I'd bottle it anyway and put the bottom bottles aside for a while. Well the wine...

I have a peach Chardonnay in the final stages and now is in the process of clearing. I follow the instructions for the Chardonnay and it cleared just fine. I added the f-pack and it's clearing really slow. It's also in a cool room. It's clearing for sure but really slow. I'm not worried about...

I often read about "tweaking" a kit with raisins, wood chips or fruit. I'm leary of adding something other than what the kit supplied simply because I'm worried about the fermentation. For example, if I add some fruit or raisins, I up the sugar content in the primary and the sg as well. At...

Now I know what the fella at the brew store mean when he said "some manufacturers wine making instructions are better than some" I just put a Pinot Chardonnay down ( one that I found under the stairs that I forgot about). After I've completed the one required racking, I have to put the...

Be darned if I didn't find a wine kit under under the stairs that both my wife and I forgot about. A Grand Cru Pinot Chardonay. Its from 2005, but I'm going to put it down anyway. I figure all I have to lose is time and a bit of water. I'll get some new yeast, but other than that I should...

I'm going to make my own wine rack and have looked a pile of different designs and ideas. Storing the bottles by their neck looks cool depending on the design, but I sure don't want fatigued glass breaking and having the wine all over the floor. My wife would be mad if I were drinking off...

I hope this is the right forum, Thought i'd share that I bottled my first ever batch of wine on friday past. It was a vineco kit "Bergamais" and it turned out awsome. My wife is fussy and she loved it. I think i'm gonna like this wine making racket. I have another one now to put down...

Hey there, first post here. I'm making my first batch of wine and am almost ready for its first racking. I am using sodium metabisulphite as my sanitizer. Everything in the manual and kit instructions makes sense and everything is going smooth. My question is, after I sanitize my...