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I had 5 gal of wine fermenting int sp 1.100 and wished to stop at 1.010, added 3 Tbl potassium sorbate and 1-1/2 tsp sodium metabisulfate, wine kept on fermenting down to 0.995, why did the wine not stop?

I have opened and used once, maybe a teaspoon full. This was a couple of months ago. Now I notice the bottle which was tightly capped is full of black mold. Is this a normal reaction? I don't recall the label saying that refrigeration storage is necessary after opening the bottle, is it?

I have a 5 gal batch of old orchard concentrate stagnant. I followed a recipe, which I knew better not to follow exactly. I normally start most batches with sg around 1.100, but this recipe called for 17 cans or old orchard and 9 lbs sugar...I know I should have been checking sg as I added...

Hi, I am making a 5 gal batch of wine and may wish to adjust this recipe to port...Wondering if you can advise me the way to do this? I have a primary going with 25lbs blueberries, 5 lbs of strawberries fermenting with EC-1118. Day 0 sg 1.102, with 8 lbs of sugar. Day 4 sg 1.015. I have been...

Hi, My first attempt at winemaking, and wondering why this kit says 12%. I followed the instruction exactly...start sg 1.080 final sg .996. at day 8. My calcs says it is 8.4%. I finished the wine in a secondary til day 20, degassed with Kieselsol, and KMeta like the instructions and day 22...

Hi, I've been reading over post on this forum for a couple of months now, thought I would share. I bought 330 lbs of blueberries for 35c per lb and have the freezer full of 25lb bags. I am on my second batch. The first batch I have in a carboy with airlock. I used 25lbs blueberries, 2.5 tsp...