Recent content by firemachine69

Hi there. This is a kit wine, Shiraz. (With a strawberry fpack at the end to be added). I don't recall exact starting gravity, but it was within range. I meant to check gravity this morning, but completely forgot (kits will make you do that :) ). It didn't smell bad, it did smell like it was...

Just popped the cover this morning, and I'm getting what looks like mold spores on the top of my brew. My wife is almost convinced it finished brewing two days ago, but that was only four days into the first stage. Fermentation occurred within 24 hours. I just checked, and today is day seven of...

Alright, lots of questions to answer, thanks for helping me out folks! First and foremost, it went in the pail for the required number of days, lid on, but not snugged tight. It was kind of neat to watch the CO2 bubbling a couple days after fermentation took place. By the degassing phase I came...

So I purchased an all-in-one winemaking kit from Costco, proceeded to get the second equipment so we could make both "bags" of grape juice at once. Me and my partner were extremely thorough at sanitizing everything. Still, our first carboy/pail tastes very strong / smells acidic (we are at...