EddieRuxpin
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Okay so I am completely new to the wine making world and am making a small batch right now. My only previous wine making experience was with a friend of mine a few months ago and was extremely basic and I do mean basic. We basically just put a few gallons of juice, sugar, and some yeast in a bucket with a hole on top and a coffee filter shoved in it to keep dust out. Keep in mind our goal here was to make "prison wine".
Well we promptly forgot about this bucket in our garage for about 3 months and after finding it a week ago and looking inside we found about a gallon of wine, which being 23yo kids we drank. It was actually quite good even though we knew it wasn't made well.
So I decided to try making a new smaller more contained batch. I set up about a gallon of juice 1/2 apple 1/2 cranberry some sugar and yeast in a large water jug. To seal it and attempt to keep air out without letting pressure build up I stretched a balloon out over the top with a tiny hole that lets air out but not in. I am not sure exactly how this will turn out but I figured this while basic should be more than sufficient. Well to get to my point I am just not sure what to do now I know that it needs time to ferment and such but what other things should I be prepared to do? Any comments or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
Well we promptly forgot about this bucket in our garage for about 3 months and after finding it a week ago and looking inside we found about a gallon of wine, which being 23yo kids we drank. It was actually quite good even though we knew it wasn't made well.
So I decided to try making a new smaller more contained batch. I set up about a gallon of juice 1/2 apple 1/2 cranberry some sugar and yeast in a large water jug. To seal it and attempt to keep air out without letting pressure build up I stretched a balloon out over the top with a tiny hole that lets air out but not in. I am not sure exactly how this will turn out but I figured this while basic should be more than sufficient. Well to get to my point I am just not sure what to do now I know that it needs time to ferment and such but what other things should I be prepared to do? Any comments or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you