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I am new here! I just started my very first batch of wine over the weekend. I am making just 1 gallon of Gooseberry wine. When it comes to measuring the SG, How do you do it? I have the meter, but it's too tall for the 2-gallon container I am using. Do I need to buy something or is there...

Does anyone here grow and pick their own gooseberries? I have a bush planted about 20 years ago, that I have never picked! The reason I have never picked is that I never know when they are ready, and forget about them. SO this year I am determined to pick, which I did today, the ones turning...

HI I checked a couple places in town before I found some at Sherwin Williams. Picked up 2 1 gallon size, and 2 5 gallon size, I should be set!

I have my primary buckets but am starting the search for vessels for secondary fermenting. I am on a tight budget! I read some information about using the refillable water bottles, but it was 10 years old. I wondered what the newest information on that is. Can I use for example the Primo 3...

I am a winemaking newbie, My plan is to make some fruit wines with the fruit from my yard. I purchased a small fruit kit to start, but I already have a number of the things needed. I have a collection of 3-gallon food grade lidded buckets I plan to use as a primary. BUT I need to find bags to...

Oops, I wrote Pinot Noir, but meant Pinot Grigio! I will have to read up on the way to sweeten after fermentation. Thanks!

I am new here, just learning how this group works, asked you a message about crabapple wine, but since I didn't hit "reply" you might not see it. Anyway, I have beta grapes and have only used them for jelly. How are they in wine? It's not a big plant so I don't get many, but I also have a...

OK, here I am a total newbie, joined this group because I want to try my hand at making chokecherry wine. THEN I came across this thread on Crabapple wine..........I might need to try two different types! LOL! Yooper since you seem to be the expert on crabapple wine I have a question, I have a...

Thank you so much for this!! I will be attempting my very first try at making wine later this summer. I decided last year after picking 3 3.5-gallon pails of chokecherries off ONE of my many many trees, that I needed to make more than jellies and syrup. I did pick up the fruit wine kit you talk...