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Started 30 day wine kit fine. It says to filter on day 10 when hydrometer is at 1.010 or lower. Mine was at .0980. Then it's supposed to sit until the chemicals are added after another 8 days and slow fermentation is finished at .095 or lower. After filitering I topped up (not all the way to the...

I just finished a new batch of kit wine. This one was a step up from the last bargain basement one I tried from Costco, which came out surprisingly well! It was hell trying to keep those fruit flies away during a recent heat wave we had up here in Quebec. However, right before transferring for...

Has anyone ever used Borax for cleaning wine making supplies or a carboy? I'm wondering if it would be ok to use if everything is rinsed well because I have a surplus of the product here.

It tasted good today before bottling, but in the end it will probably taste like poison! :P I think I made every newbie mistake along the way: didn't measure water properly, added it in late, lost my wine whip in the carboy, got some rubber shavings in there from drilling, and almost drowned...

Just wondering. I'm not sure if I degassed enough (wine kit). I think I over read on this topic and now I'm paranoid :slp My carboy is sitting in its final stage before bottling now, waiting to clear. If it appears clear but has a slight fizzy taste to it, can I degass before bottling using a...

Everything was going well. My wine kit was transferred to a carboy for second fermentation. It had been bubbling very little but steadily. Every seemed ok. However, in the beginning I was thinking I hadn't added enough water. (beginning reading was high in dessert section after adding yeast). I...

:) Yup. Started a Costco wine kit (I know I know). This will be trouble for sure, but it was cheap. I've never made wine before either. It started off with an SG reading of 1.100 (aprx), which registered at the very top of the dessert wine section and I threw the yeast on top. Did I wreck it all...