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because I'm building a small kitchen in my winemakeing area my primairy buckets have been empty for a month. I just opend them both and saw mold had developed in both. Both had several spots on the bottem and around the spigot. Before I stored them I had cleaned them with Chemipro but used no...

I'm in the process of placing a small kitchen in my winemaking area. Is it safe to use a stainless steel counter top, or will the metabisulfite slowly destroy the smooth surface?

I suddenly noticed a diagonal line in the glass of my carboy. Its hard to see on the photo's but I wonder if it is cracked (by applied vacuum?) or if this is just a line in the glass. Do others have these lines?

I'm working on my fifth kit now and progressed from drill-mounted stirrer to vacuvin to brakebleeder to degass. I still hate it. So I'm looking at a vacuum pump. If I look at the gauge of the brakebleeder I need some around 500mmHg to degass. Is that correct? I have found basicly two pumps...

Why do winekits advise for a transfer at 1.010? Whats the benefit and is it noticable?

I thought I'd share my little hobbyproject here. The tempature in my 'winecellar' can fluctuate between 20 and 15 degrees celcius. Thats not too bad but sometimes a bit too low for fermentation for my peace of mind. I allready had a brewbelt but that got the tempature a bit too high up for...

After measuring SG, or using the spoon for a quick stir, do you wash everything with Oxiclean evertime or just rinse and use sulfite? Also if you use your own bottles, and you emptied one, is it enough to rinse it with hot water and use sulfite before filling them again, or do you wash them...

Could I use silicon sealant used in bathrooms on my fermenting bucket? Or will it turn my wine into vinecar?

After spending my entire evening last night trying to degas my second winekit I decided this is not how I wish to spend my evening. I love the kitmaking but hate this degassing process even with a drill. After two hours it seemed hardly any progress was made the small bubbles still appeared in...

It probably is a stupid question but hey, this is the beginners forum :hug I was looking for a simple solution to get my fermenter to tempature since my room temparature is 64.4 F and I understand this is a little too low. Looking for a 'brewbelt' in 220V with european outlet I ran into...

Hi everyone! I've just started making my first 'kitwine'. After reading a bit about it, watching some Youtube video's I went to the store and bought the neseccities. I cleaned everything as good as possible and started filling the bucket with my son. A soons as the bucket was full it...