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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...