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My concern was with the twist on caps that I used to transport them, I was not sure they were a long term seal.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I found a gallon of Strawberry wine and a gallon of Mead that is just shy of two years old. I removed the airlocks and placed the threaded caps on them during a move and lost track of them. Today I found both of...

I found a gallon of Strawberry wine and a gallon of Mead that is just shy of two years old. I removed the airlocks and placed the threaded caps on them during a move and lost track of them. Today I found both of them, they both have a bit of sediment on the bottom, but seem to be clear and free...

I have a one gallon carboy of strawberry wine that i started over a year ago, i looked at it the other day and found some white crap mixed in the water of the airlock, is this wine ruined?

I answered a ad on Craigslist for two five gallon Better Bottles, one five gallon bottling bucket with lid, one five gallon primary with lid, three airlocks, three drilled stoppers, two lever bottle capper, about 150 caps, all for the low low price of $60.00

Can this be made in a carboy, or should a bucket primary be used?

I do appreciate the input, as i am new to mead and wine making i want to experiment as much as i can.

The reciepe if from Stormthecastle.com, instead of gravity readings it states to rack based on airlock activity. I understand this is not the best method, but i am trying different reciepes to better understand the entire process. I did not have a SG because at the time of making it i did not...

The reciepe i am following calls for it to be racked to a secondary after two weeks. Though it doesnt detail any info about gravity readings, i took one while i was racking just to see.

Exactly two weeks ago i started my firest mead, its a one gallon batch. Today i racked to a clean carboy and took a gravity reading of 1.070 . I had a small taste, it was sweet but damn good.

I was in the process of making a batch of Jack Kellers strawberry wine, it sat in a open primary covered with a towel. The recipe says to pour the liquids into the secondary ( glass carboy) and now it has about a inch and a half of sediment and no action in the air lock. Did i ruin this batch or...

I was afraid of that, i followed the recipe when it said "pour" now i have about one and a half inches of sediment on the bottom of the carboy with no action in the airlock. Can this be saved?

In many of jacks recipes he says to pour all liquids from the primary to the secondary, does he mean to just pour the one into the other or use a siphon tube to rack?

Thank you very much

Just like the title says, can i soak my straining bag in bleach after i rack from primary to secondary?