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Hi guys thanks in advance! I've made a bunch of wine kits but I've never seen one that looks like this on the top it doesn't appear to be spreading but it's concerning none the less. The instructions say to leave it in the primary for two weeks which is the first time I've seen that in one of...

Kind of a random question I started a mead and I am fermenting it straight into the carboy just so I can let it sit without having to worry about racking it right away and make sure it's completely secure from any fruit flies. The only issue is I had some yeast get stuck to the top of the...

Hi guys, I haven't made much wine lately and was thinking of throwing together a quick batch of skeeter pee. I currently have a Merlot in the primary. I know that skeeter pee takes on the flavor of its slurry, I am thinking a skeeter pee that is Merlot flavored may be a little gross. What do...

Hi there, I just has a dragons blood that was crystal clear for one month and when I bottled it within 1 week there was sediment. I have made many kits and have had this problem once before as well exact same thing crystal clear for at least a month almost instant sediment in bottles. The only...

I've been making wine since March of this year. Currently I have a hoho merlot, A five gal of dragons blood ( sigh it should have been 6 but I got confused while racking) that just got sweetened yesterday. A 5 gallon of Skeeter P that got cleared yesterday, and 2 6 gallons of beer. I have made...

I took the slurry from my dragons blood (which finished at .93) and moved it over to my skeeter pee. I inverted the sugar and the pee took off like a rocket, (added slurry friday night, less then 48 hours its dropped from 1.7 day 1, 1.5 day 2, and 1.3 today) I think this has to do with the...

Hi all! So its my first time not making wine from a kit and I decided to try the Dave's Dragon blood as that man sure knows how to right a recipe (so straightforward everything explained perfect for the newbs!) Alas after reading the recipe probably about a hundred times and checking my...

Before I start I want to point out my kit was one of the costco in pail deals for around 70 bucks Canadian (so not super expensive) although significantly more costly then the other Costco deals (2 wines kits for 45 bucks) and its a Shiraz. I have a party coming up that I am supposed to make...

Hi guys, I have been gone for a while but I had an update for everyone and a question. So far I have made: - Vino Europa (Costco) Merlot and Cabernet (which was surprisingly drinkable not something you would write home about and it had a sharp edge to it but I drank it young but stupid...

All the kits say 30 bottles, but im lucky if I get 26 after racking off the lees am I doing something wrong here? Can you actually get 30 bottles out of a kit? This has not been a concern for me yet because I have been making low cost kits but I don't want to loose 5-6 bottles of a premium...

Hi all, I'm in Canada and am looking to make a nice RED kit wine for Christmas presents this year and would like to get it started and bulk age it for a few months soonish. For Christmas gifts I would like to make a nice well rounded premium red to give away as gifts, I want one that would...

My first two wine kits turned out great and bottling went smoothly and thanks to some help I think the first batches were bottled just fine my concern is with wine 3 that just got moved into the carboy, looks like we did not place enough water in, it says not to add water to top off, I have a...

Hi there, Its almost time to bottle my 28 day kit our very first kit! It's econo wine as I like to call it, (Costco's vino europa merlot, and cabernet sauignon). I'm not expecting much from it other then a wine that will merely fill the void until better wine finishes. That said I don't want...

Hey all! My husband, a close friend and I decided to get into wine making recently. Our reasoning was it would be an affordable alternative to buying store bought alcohol (I know for shame). We have many pets and our money goes pretty darn fast. We also like to share our drinks when we have...