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I have a gallon of 5-day sweet cider going as my very first try at cider. Never made beer either. So this morning I got up to find it bubbling up through the airlock all over the counter. I am assuming I had too much liquid in the bottle, do I just remove some of it and let it keep going? I...

I have both Beta grapes and Swanson Red grapes growing here, both of these are in the same family as concord grapes (I think). I finished picking today, and am not sure how I should proceed. I am not finding much information on either one of these. I have 21 pounds of Beta grapes cleaned and...

Hi there, another newbie here. My freezer is filling up fast, and my apples are just starting to ripen. I have multiple varieties of cold climate apples. The Honeycrisp and Dolgo are ripening now, the Chestnut crab will be starting in a week or so, then there are the Sweet Sixteen, Haralson, and...

I forgot to put a Campden tablet into my secondary when transferring from the primary. Actually, I didn't forget, I didn't know! This is my first try at wine. Anyway, it has been in the secondary for 5 days now, can I add the Campden now? I would dissolve it in a bit of the wine first of course...

Hi all, I am new here and new to winemaking. I have started my 3rd batch of wine (first 2 are only 2 and 3 weeks along) and have some questions. I am making chokecherry wine, following a recipe I found here by Yooper. I have had to modify it from a 15-gallon size to a smaller size to fit my...

I am running out of freezer space for fruit from my trees. I still have crabapples, apples, apricots, and grapes to ripen. I don't really have room for a second freezer. What are the thoughts on making my own juice, processing it into canning jars for winemaking at a later date? Is this...

I am making gooseberry wine, the gooseberries were contained in a mesh bag which I pulled from the liquid after 8 days fermenting in the primary and let drip. Then I put the wine into the second container. The thing is I don't think I strained it right when doing the transfer, I actually forgot...

I am new here! I just started my very first batch of wine over the weekend. I am making just 1 gallon of Gooseberry wine. When it comes to measuring the SG, How do you do it? I have the meter, but it's too tall for the 2-gallon container I am using. Do I need to buy something or is there...

Does anyone here grow and pick their own gooseberries? I have a bush planted about 20 years ago, that I have never picked! The reason I have never picked is that I never know when they are ready, and forget about them. SO this year I am determined to pick, which I did today, the ones turning...

I have my primary buckets but am starting the search for vessels for secondary fermenting. I am on a tight budget! I read some information about using the refillable water bottles, but it was 10 years old. I wondered what the newest information on that is. Can I use for example the Primo 3...

I am a winemaking newbie, My plan is to make some fruit wines with the fruit from my yard. I purchased a small fruit kit to start, but I already have a number of the things needed. I have a collection of 3-gallon food grade lidded buckets I plan to use as a primary. BUT I need to find bags to...