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reason I'm concerned as I have only a gal. of liquid and skins in a big 6 gal bucket(with skins it wouldn't fit my gal bucket). So after 3 days I will syphon to a 1 gal carboy or can I just leave in 1 gal plastic bucket with airlok??

Is it necessary to stir are just push the skins down?

Should I let sit for 3 days then remove fruit?? Got confused here...

I've got 20 lbs from last year. Do you just cover with cloth from day one or use the lids that come with buckets? I want a sweet wine - have Lalvin 71B-1122 & EC-1118..should one of them make it sweet?

This was given to me from another brewer to try. 1-After freezing Grapes crush/press into bucket. 2-Add Pectic Enzyme wait 5 hours and then squeeze juice put fruit into another bucket. 3-Add extra Juice/water to gals wanted. Take Hydro reading if too low add sugar to correct and add...

I grow mine also. Having trouble with the Black Noble as the deer eat most of them. You say you mix the reds and bronze together with no probs.??? I usually go to one of the vinyards and get some as I want to make a Sweet Red, not much for the dry

EDIT:: When I say wash I mean as in take garden hose and rinse all the leave and trash off; if that makes any difference. I just trying not to waste all my grapes again..

Could you explain all this... I was told to use campen in the recipe I was given

Don't know this is only my 2nd try at this. 1st try I did everything wrong. so I'm trying again this year, but I've read that even big winery's don't wash theirs, so I'm bit cornfuswed

Tried the search but nothing came up; So should I wash my Muscadines or not???

Thanks will try that asap. If it is ok how do you go about sweetning as I can't handle dry wines and stuff.

It has been in same bottle and spot in closet since 10/2016

Hey, Need help /suggestions... I forgot about a gal of Honey mead I put up back in 10/2016. Just checked my grape wine and saw it pushed in back. It hasn't been racked, the bubbler on top was dry. I tasted it: very dry, could taste honey. Had a alcohol smell????? What should I do dump it...