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So I've looked for an answer to what seems to be an extremely simple thing but honestly haven't gotten what I feel to be a confident answer... In a nutshell, if you start a 5 gallon batch of wine how much will you bottle? That is to say each time you re-rack your run and loose volume, do you...

What do Ya'll do to sterilize previously used bottles and corks before bottling? Thanks!

Yooper, you are too cool! just thought I'd tell you. :)

Thank you guys! Chaos, what do you do to degass it? Just stir it and let it breathe as Hophead said or is there a process?

It was it's 3rd racking and sediment was just about zilch. I should note that I am looking to achieve a nice, sweet country wine, not a real dry aged fine fine

OK this blackberry wine I have been working I just racked for what I was hoping to be the last time. It has had a SG of .990 for some time and I stabilized it 2 weeks ago. I just racked but had an odd quart after filling my gallons so I sweetened and drank some and it was good so I was just...

Mutedog, I added PS and Campden a few days ago. I will let it set like this for about another week, rerack, sweeten and bottle. Hoping for the best. Thank you all!!!!!!

How is that Gila? I must not understand SG corrctly as it pertains to this.

I've been fermenting this blackberry wine for about 2 months now. It appears to me that fermentation has been over. No evident bubles for some time and minimal sediment at last racking I added stabilizers today and would like to rack one more time and sweeten so I can get it bottled. Is there...

I am working on a batch of Blackberry wine, I started with a SG of 1.090. At transfer from crock to carboy I had a SG of 1.030. Less than 3 weeks later, essentially all bubbling has stopped and I have a SG of .992. Is this about normal? I just siphoned and racked for the first time. Is it...

Yooper, when you say let it sit for two months where it is, do you mean with an airlock attached or corked and put away? The 1.02 is just the SG after 5 days, is the end SG a good indication of how sweet a wine is? Also if you drink the wine early, say after 5 weeks as I have seen, is it...

I have just racked a batch of blackberry wine after 4 days from the initial fermentation crock and I have a specific gravity of 1.020. I am wanting a quite sweet country wine. The wine already smells quite dry if that makes any sense. I am afraid I do not have it sweet enough. is it to late to...

I am making a batch of blackberry wine for the first time so please excuse my dumb question. I have just added my yeast to my must in my primary(first) fermentaion tub. I am using a 5 gallon plastic water jug for my secondary. I am yeielding about 3 gallons of wine. Do I need to fill my...