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Can partially used kit juice bags be frozen if you don't want to make the full 6 gal at once? Hey Hound Dawg- what are the names of the two? suppliers you use for concentrates? I orderded from one once and was pleased, but forgot the name.

Homewinery.com has responded with clarification. First thing is that the concentrate already has been K Meta'd so just pour it in. And stirring isn't necessary with a concentrate. "Dawg" , (Thank you!) recommended Homewinery.com as a resource for wine making and they have been great. Ordered...

After several batches of fruit and kit wine I've decided to try a wine concentrate. The general directions that came with the concentrate don't say whether or not to stir during primary or note the use of K-meta for anything. I've been stiring all my musts at least once daily and haven't had a...

Couple weeks ago I posted about using a bucket for smaller ferments of DDB trials. That went well. I got a bit gutsy on the experimenting and started two batches..one strawberry/POM and Mango lemonade and frozen mangos. I wanted to try a new yeast 71B and EC 1118 and somehow got crazy mixed up...

Great. I've been using sanitized mesh as a cover for the last couple ferments so I guess headroom in the bucket is a non issue and I never wait around to rack to secondary and lock. This time I won't try to drive up the ABV then get scared that I've made a mistake and try to stop the...

I have a few 2 gallon plastic fermenting buckets that I've used for one gallon batches. Now, I want to experiment a bit and make half gallon size batches. Is the 2 gallon bucket too big to use as fermenting bucket for half gallon batches? I've ordered gallon size fermenting jars with lids and...

You guys were right! The yeast clouds settled and I racked it to another carboy and added disolved Bentonite and k meta today and plan to let it age for weeks, if the sediment gets an inch or more I'll probably rack it again into carboy. I read that this is good practice. The taste is excellent...

I disolved both in water then added about halfway through filling the carboy then stirred at the end. I was afraid I'd picked up a nasty in the must because I covered the bucket with two layers mesh cloth and didn't airlock and stirred if twice a day and while I sanitized everything before and...

I have an idea that maybe I should put it back in a bucket and cover it with mesh cloth again.

Thank you. I racked the primary through a mesh bag and took out tons of sediment. I wanted to stop the ferment because I was afraid that something bad was developing in primary or a bad taste was starting from being on the gross lees. I think I started with too high SG as well and didn't want...

This plum puree with EC 1118, ferment, went so well, started at SG 1.10 and smelled just right then on the 5 day it slowed and started to have a faint sulfer smell so in trying to avoid problems I tested SG, it was 1.01, I have never racked to secondary before .99, but took this chance. I didn't...

Dragons Blood Skeeter Pee. Just researched it and it sounds like a fantastic ferment project for me. I don't like sweet drinks but like the idea of experimenting with flavors without the extended patience factor. In time I think I'll be able to get on board with aging for months after I've...

Those pictures make it look more cloudy than what it looks like in a glass. It actually stopped dropping sediment a few days ago. Here's another picture that shows clearer. Yes I put airlocks on all the bottles and will wait a bit. Doubt that I can stand to wait 9 months before drinking...maybe...

Thank you. Good advice. I'll remember that for next time.

They've cleared now. Maybe in an hour they will be all clear.

My blackberry wine has been sorbated and K meta'd two weeks ago and not backsweetened. Very tart and SG is below .099. There were no bubbles in the carboy even when I shook it a bit during secondary and these appeared during bottling. Is it ok to cork now? This ferment is one of my best and I...

I agree. It's coincidental that the two bad batches were from the same store brand. I'm thinking that two factors that I may not have paid required attention to and could coincidentally affect outcome are heat and k- meta. Lesson there for me! Current ferment of canned blackberries and...

Thank you. I was sure to get single fruit puree. I've also bought half gallon jugs and bungs fitted for wine bottles. Great idea actually calling and talking to sellers. I started another ferment today using canned berries and tried a couple more new things. After, 6 hrs it is fermenting very...

Thank you. Excellent wine for thought comments. I used the recipe from Handcraft Winemaking Guide, except I used 4 lb bag of berries and not 3.5. Maybe the K meta prior wasn't out. I waited 22 hrs instead of 24. Anyway, I dumped the strawberry as it's already been 4 days with multiple yeast...

On my 4th wine ferment. First one-blackberry- fermented fine and I fixed the odd smell and taste with copper pennies in the bottle for about an hour or so and it's like magic- a very tasty blackberry wine appeared. Second strawberry must did not ferment- I got frozen berries from store brand X...