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Why do all the instructions that I have read say to transfer to secondary before fermentation has completed? With beer (assuming I secondary at all) I always wait until fermentation has completely finished before racking to secondary. I also see that after you degas it says to bottle, why can't...

Thank you to the guys that responded in my other thread. Now I have a different question that is more about the quality of wine. How do the kits stack up against commercial wine? Someone on BA suggested that you won't be making high quality wine with kits because they are not fresh enough. What...

Thanks guys. Although I am not much of a wine drinker, it probably would be a good idea for my to get a few batches going for my wine drinking friends. I guess I should just go ahead and get the bigger bucket and a corker.

Thanks for the input. I hope people do chime in on kits more. I am also looking at the Brew Masters Warehouse kits as well... So many choices!

Thanks. I watched a video where a guy said that he was topping up with water to 6 gallons in a 6.5 gallon carboy, and I wasn't so sure about that. The only wine experience I have is with apfelwein and fermenting almost 5 gallons in a 5 gallon better bottle was fine, but I wasn't sure if that was...

I home brew beer. I just started looking into making wine for my mom and fiancee. I have 2- 6.5 gallon buckets and a better bottle. Is a larger bucket actually necessary? My mom likes red wine and I think she also likes German eiswein. This might sound selfish, but I do not want to buy one of...

Thanks... I am currently using an SP-10 turkey fryer, and I like it, but I found out what a heatstick is and started thinking I would like to brew indoors.

If I build two 1500w heatsticks, will that be sufficient to boil 7 gallons for 5 gallon batches? What is the maximum amount that could boil with two 1500w heatsticks? I use a 10 gallon thick aluminum kettle.