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This may seem like a dumb question but being a newbie and an engineer by trade, I want to ask it anyway. Once you fill your primary and initially take your first specific gravity reading with your hydrometer, how long do you wait to take your reading? In other words after the hydrometer...

I have my food grade plastic pail that once held cake frosting. Just want to verify again what the best way to prepare this for accepting the initial juice/concentrate. Should not use any bleach, correct? Just clean with hot water and a brush and then rinse with K-Meta? Is this enough?

Even though I am only a neophtye here in the wine making world, I wonder if any of you more experienced guys and gals have ever entered a specific wine they have made in a contest? You know those contests they might have at a state fair or some other event. If so, how do you even know...

Has anyone had a good experience with a particular company that sells wine bottles by the case? Good experience meaning all 12 bottles arrive unbroken. :ib

I plan to start out with around 3+ gallons in my primary. When I transfer this amount over to the secondary carboy, does the gallon size of the carboy matter? In other words, if I rack 3 gallons into a 5 gallon carboy is the head space at top going to be a problem during fermentation?

For my first wine, I am planning to try a Blueberry-Pomengranate. I am now convinced by some of you guys here to make a larger amount than what I originally thought to do (one gallon) and will do at least 3 gallons. My question is this. When I rack the must from the primary, is it better to...

Can I assume correctly that I do not want to place my primary pail out in the unheated garage but perhaps donw in my basment where the temperature is around 71 degrees?

Can anyone here recommend a reasonably priced acid test kit that does the job?

O.K., just picked up a free food grade square shaped pail for my primary. It says it had 15 lbs. of icing in it so until I get home, I am not sure how many liquid gallons that will hold. Anyway can anyone please tell me if an airlock is required on the primary container or not? It seems...

I found out today that my local supermarket bakery will give me some 3 gallon food grade plastic pails for FREE. Sometimes that will include the matching lid. What do some of you guys/gals prefer to use for your primary? I have read that a nice, wide open area (like a pail) is better for...

Please take a look at the following recipe and see if I understand correctly that this recipe will yield 1 gallon of wine. If so, can I double the initial recipe to bottle more? Can the primary be a 1-1/2 gallon food grade pail? What is the "secondary" made of? Glass or another food grade...