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I had some 1 gal jars laying around so thought it might be fun to take my first shot at skeeter pee. Looks like fermentation is going okay and will be moving over to secondary soon. Anybody know what would happen if I don't degas??? Would it be junk or would it be like the carbonated versions...

I've been making red kits and, though flavor has been good, I suspect it could be improved with more thorough degassing. (Getting small bubbles where the wine surface meets the glass. Amount of bubbles decreases the longer the bottle has been open.) I've been agitating with the drill...

I just tried to degas a kit that I've made several times in the past. At first nothing was happening so I started switching the drill direction every 10 seconds or so. It started generating bubbles like crazy then and hadn't let up after 10 minutes. For lack of a better idea, I took another...

I've been using WE Vintner Reserve kits to build up my cellar before going to higher end, longer aging wines. Can anyone give me a recommendation for a Cabernet kit that will be good after 5mo of aging? I know longer is better but 5 months is about when my wife will have emptied all my bottles!

My daughter just asked me to make wine for her wedding--she's a brave girl! Anyway, it's about 8 months out and she wants the Winexpert VR Cabernet. I really don't want to screw this up so I have a couple questions. I've made several kits but haven't had any bottles survive my wife's opener...