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I picked about 5 lbs of strawberries yesterday from a 'pick your own fruit farm', and after destemming and washing them, I put them all in a gallon-size freezer-safe ziplock bag and put it in the fridge. It may be a few days or so before I can start a batch with them as my mesh bags are all...

Periodically, my batch (1-gallon batches) will seep and bubble through the top of the airlock after I've transferred it from the primary to the secondary. My typical process is to transfer from primary to secondary when the SG reaches 1.03-1.04. And as a result, sometimes when I check on it the...

I've been making various fruit wines, and while I thought the clarity has been coming out great, my wife notices these tiny tiny particles floating throughout the wine. I was not able to notice them with my naked eye until I stared at the wine through the glass for maybe a couple minutes (think...

I added a campden tablet (crushed) to my batch a day before I was planning to bottle per some guidance. The next day I noticed that it had not fully dissolved and now the fine white particles are throughout the batch (mostly on top). My searching across this and other forums yielded two common...

I recently started a blueberry wine using frozen blueberries that I thawed and washed just before using, and I followed a recipe from a book I've used successfully with other fruit wines. I added the yeast to the primary on Feb 6, and on Feb 7 there was definite activity. Then by the end of Feb...

How does one prevent "spotting" that's left by the cleaning/sanitizing solution " on items after they've dried? I use the Easy Clean no rinse solution on all my items, and i let them dry in a separate dish drying rack that's used only for my winemaking supplies. But it seems several items...

Hi everyone! I am excited to learn the joys of winemaking and have already gotten addicted to the process. I just started last November, but am having a lot of fun so far!