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Thank you for your response! I appreciate it and will try our local brew store. Thanks!

Alright I think I’m nearing the end. These pictures almost make the wine look clearer that it looks in person, and I am worried that it’s still a little too cloudy to bottle, but there is hardly any sediment after 3 months sitting. Will stabilizing help? Or is there something else I should do...

Hello there! Back with some more questions - I racked my wine again today, and it still seems to be doing well! So I’m looking towards the nexts steps which will either be racking again or bottling. It’s cleared up a lot, but still has farther to go and I’m thinking it should result in some...

Thank you! Newbie - or not - I appreciate all the advice, I’ll take what I can get! Maybe my next batch, or third batch, I’ll feel more confident with what I’m doing. My motto is - just don’t screw it up too bad!

Thanks Scooter! I figured I would just do a batch a year, when we have grapes, but now I do kind of want to try something else.. apple wine sounds great! Is the process still pretty similar? Also, do you think it’s fine that the airlock really isn’t bubbling? I’m trying to decide if I should...

Hi Scooter! I did add a campden tablet and potassium bicarbonate to help with acid when I racked the first time, and the 2nd racking, I split one campden tablet between the 4 gallons. I’ve heard contradicting things with using campden tablets/potassium metabisulfite when racking, but overall...

Thanks! Good to know I still haven’t ruined it it yet (which is still shocking to me!). Thanks for your response!

Actually, I’ve been meaning to follow up! Primary fermentation went well, rolled along for about a week, I transferred to a couple carboys, but I ended up racking it already last weekend because there was about 1/2”-1” of the brown yeast sludge at the bottom of both carboys. It’s really clearing...

Ha, good question! I’m pretty certain they are Concord grapes, from the googling I’ve done. We just moved to this new house and it had a mess of grapes in the back yard. They are purple and smaller with lots of seeds, the skin is pretty tough and the pulp is a very strange texture, like almost...

Thanks everyone! I really appreciate it! Good news, you were all right and it’s really taken off now. I put the airlock back on tonight just for fun and it’s busy with bubbles. The bag with the skins and pulp is full of bubbles and trying to float to the top too. I’ve been giving it a stir and...

Thanks Scooter68! Good to know, I may just try that because the lid is a huge pain. Thanks for taking the time to respond. I appreciate it!

M38A1: Thanks so much for taking the time to give some input. That makes me feel much better, I just wanted to make sure I’m not completely off base here. Thanks again!!

Hi there! Bear with me, this is my first try at making wine, and I have tried following my instructions as close as I can, but I checked my must after I added the rehydrated yeast about 20 hours ago, and there were no bubbles in the airlock, and something has formed at the top. There are a few...