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Greetings community! Last July, I started my first batch of wine - a 5 gallon blueberry wine from about 20 lbs of blueberries. After about 30 days, in late August 2013 I had finished my secondary fermentation and transferred to my glass carboy for bulk aging. Before I sealed it up last...

Background: I'm a very novice wine maker - this is my first attempt! Started around the end of July, primary and secondary fermentation lasted for all of July and most of August. About 100 days ago (August 20th), I added K-Meta (to ward off bacteria) and Potassium Sorbate (so stabilize) to...

And does it kill the yeast off or just stop them from reproducing? And is it okay for me to add potassium sorbate and k-meta at the same time? I plan on topping off my blueberry wine with blueberry concentrate when it is stable. (I also want to bring the alcohol content down from about 16%!) I...

Can they be used for bottling? Can you reuse tops? Can you use quarks in them? Any suggestions from people who have used them? Thanks in advance!

I currently have a little over 4.5 gallons of 3 week old blueberry wine in my carboy. I just finished racking it for the first time since I added it to the secondary fermenter 10 days ago. This rack removed about an inch of sediment from the bottom of my 5 gallon carboy (WOW!) I removed a small...

I know that I need to move the must to my secondary fermenter but I don't know what else I should add (Sorbate? Sparklloyd? K-Meta? Campden tablets?) Here is what I've done so far: 7/23 - Mixed the following: -20 lbs blueberries (frozen, thawed, mashed, in fermentation bag) -72 oz. (.56...

I was hoping someone could explain what my next step is. I know that I need to move the must to my secondary fermenter but I don't know when I shOuld do that. I also don't know what else I should add (Sorbate? Sparklloyd? K-Meta? Campden tablets?) Here is what I've done so far: 7/23 - Mixed...

Background: I am making a 5 gallon batch. Using a fermenting bucket. I used about 7 pounds of sugar plus about 5 pints of grape concentrate plus 20lbs of blueberries. And yes, I used wine yeast. So here is an update: Yesterday, I cracked the lid of the fermenting bucket and placed paper towels...

When I made a batch of beer a few weeks ago, I saw bubbles coming from the airlock every few seconds just 24 hours after adding the yeast. I am now making a batch of blueberry wine and have seen no bubbles and it has been nearly 35 hours since I added the yeast. A few details: I added Acid...