Recent content by TreeOfLife72

Hello Everyone.... So, we have been fermenting for a little over 2 weeks. The bubbles are few...the taste is good. But, when I used the hydrometer...my alcohol content came up as only 5%....???? Why are things so different that you read on this... Some say it is ok to leave the lid loose...

bubble bubble toil and trouble.....our wine is a bubblin' LOL

THANKS so much!!!! i understand a lot more now with your help. I hope I'm not sounding like a blundering bafoon...lol...I think I read TOO much and jumbled it all up...but I'm getting there. So glad (for stirring purposes) that this doesn't have to be sealed. :) I'll buy a carboy and...

OOOOO boy, sounds like it is a good thing I posted. I'll need to go get another bucket somewhere (needed to anyways for secondary at some point). I'll strain it in a couple days then. So.......I have a food grade 5 gal bucket with an airlock on top. I don't have to snap that bucket...

OOOO - thanks for all that awesome info! :) Well, I was looking at a few different website, recipes...some said with concord add water, some said you don't need any...there were so many variables in all of the areas! LOL I was so confused but had a ton of grapes that needed to be used...and...

would you go with a $20 1 gallon kit http://www.makeyourownathome.com/index.php/product-details/1-gallon-wine-making-kit or a $67 5 gallon kit http://www.makeyourownathome.com/index.php/product-details/5-gallon-wine-makers-kit 6 gallon kit $73...

Lots of good info thanks!!! My boyfriend bought 10 acres of land and it happened to have all these old concord grape vines, they are in great shape! So....after cleaning them up this year, we thought we'd try our hand at wine making - lol. I read the jack keller site....and printed a bunch of...

Hello - This will be our first time making wine. I've been browsing through sites...there are so many!!!!! I don't know if this is a simple questions... but can someone list the things I need to buy and an easy way to get started please? My head is spinning from internet searching and I...