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I started a watermelon/peach batch following the recipe EXACTLY and I made sure to sterilize everything fanatically. Today I opened my fermenter to pitch the yeast and I was greeted with mold. I don't know where I failed. This is only my second batch and I know it was bound to happen, but I am...

So, my watermelon/peach batch has mold on the top of it this morning. I did everything the recipe called for so how does this happen? Does the campden tablets not kill off anything in the batch that could turn into mold? I sanitize everything like a freak as well. I am gutted. :( Help me make...

I have my wild blackberry/blueberry in the secondary ready to rack into a new carboy to finish clearing and my watermelon/peach in the primary. :rockin: Wonder what to do next? I have two 3 gallon fermenters and a 6 1/2 gallon sitting there looking SO lonely... I love my wine sweet, if I...

Hi everyone. I sure hope I don't annoy anyone with a question that has been asked before, but I haven't seen it yet, so: I'm curious, I see so many recipes and videos saying to "add water" and others say to use "distilled water." Are they using these terms interchangeably, or do some swear by...

Hello everyone! I'm Alli. I've just been poking my head in and out of all these great forums and trying to pick up some tips and tricks. A little about me; I received a deluxe wine making kit from my DH 2 or 3 years ago and have been dying to use it since, but ya know, LIFE (I actually got it...