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Probably a dumb question but I have been using table sugar for my apple wine and I was curious how my recipe would change switching to brown sugar or half brown and half table. Also what kind if flavor changes should I expect and does brown sugar ferment the same as table sugar? My table sugar...

I have been making apple wine using juice, concentrate, and plain white sugar. I see on here where a lot of people use brown sugar in their recipes. I'm fairly new at this but is brown sugar fermentable I would think that it is. Also what are any pros and cons of using this versus plain table...

I am looking to make a from concentrate red wine. Can I use my filtered tap water out of the fridge door to reconstitute this concentrate for wine? My water quality is great I live out in the country were water is plentiful and cheap. The water quality is excellent and taste better than what you...

I am thinking about installing a spigot on an old fermenter that I use in degassing my wine to help me bottle. Does anyone have any experience with these bottling spigot are they prone to leak? I am going to use the bucket to stabilize my wine and degass it. I will then put it under airlock for...

I was told to add water to my from concentrate wine to decrease the amour of empty space in my carboys. I have been racking every two weeks I added k meta the last racking two weeks ago. I would need to add 1 gal of water to take up this free space in my carboys. My question is would you all...

I did a stupid thing I have a welches grape juice wine fermenting right now. I have been racking every two weeks. After the second racking one month of fermentation I added sugar approximately 5 ounces or so because the wine after tasting was very dry. Once I added the sugar the wine immediately...

Hello I saw this stuff on sale at the local supermarket old orchard apple pie juice with vanilla and cinnamon flavorings added. I had the idea to use this and make it into a hard apple pie cider. Any thoughts or recipe considerations out there? Thanks everyone

Hello I saw this stuff on sale at the local supermarket old orchard apple pie juice with vanilla and cinnamon flavorings added. I had the idea to use this and make it into a hard apple pie cider. Any thoughts or recipe considerations out there? Thanks

Hello I saw this stuff on sale at the local supermarket old orchard apple pie juice with vanilla and cinnamon flavorings added. I had the idea to use this and make it into a hard apple pie cider. Any thoughts or recipe considerations out there? Thanks

It is getting close to my bottling time and I had a question about these two products. When I add k meta and k sorbate to my dark wine at the end of my fermentation process do I need to let it sit in the carboy a day or two to allow the sulfur to mello out or do I immediately bottle the wine...