Beginner Tips I Learned Along The Way Making Wine At Home

Here are the lessons I learned the hard way when I started making wine at home, hopefully, this helps others who are starting along the same journey have an easier more pleasant experience getting themselves established.

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[davedbear]

Great video, sound advice. I appreciate that you get straight to the topic without exhaustive preliminary discussion. No intro, no music, no inane attempts at comedy - just a concise delivery. Best format to present the information without wasting viewer’s time. Subscribed, thanks.

[Lord_Nytmare]

Dont know if its been said before, But if your bentonite clay is not clearing the brew, then you can try a fining agent with the opposite charge.
Bentonite is Negatively charged, and will only attract/clear positive charged particles.
Try Sparkaloid or similarly Positive charged fining agent, it can clear out the negatively charged particles.

[robhoward]

Just started wine making, im retired and trying this as a hobby. Like your beginner stuff, thank you. Rob from the UK

[jakematthews]

Good solid advice here. I don’t think I have any critiques for you at all honestly. I will say that I think I have a……..different way of cleaning any stubborn kreusen from the inside of narrow neck bottles/jugs. I had a REALLY long brush similar to the one you use in the video but it never really got everything. So I employ a somewhat abnormal tool/technique. My driveway is a gravel drive and one day when I was getting frustrated with the inside of a jug not getting clean enough a decided I needed something a bit more abrasive. So I grabbed about 2 cups of my gravel and washed it really REALLY well and put it inside the jug with some warm soapy water and maneuvered the jug all around (not shaking but more of a rocking motion) and everything came clean within a couple minutes. I keep those 2 cups of gravel and wash them before and after I use them for this purpose. It does an amazingly good job. After that just sanitize the jug like you normally would.

[vipervidsgamingplus]

Making mead has helped me with with learning patience. I went overboard when making the first batch and forced myself to stay cold at fifty degrees and set up a surgical clean area to make my mead. Now I know that if you just clean the area and keep yourself clean when making things you don't have to worry about something going wrong. Keeping the area clean and just making sure you don't go to warm or cold it will all be fine.

[Crizzoify]

if it's pectin, you could try pectic enzyme. I hear that works well.

[wrengifts]

I modified your bentonite tip - I mix a 50/50 solution of water and vodka so I don't lower my ABV as much as I would using just water.

[rolandovaldez]

Patience is something that is engrained in brewing hobby. Thank you for sharing your tips. I too still have mountains to learn.

[armyrabb]

I am going to start making wine as soon as my grapevines mature. In the mean time, I’ll start gathering the equipment. I’m an excel nerd and would like a copy of your spreadsheet.

[dannpd]

Im just starting, to learn about home wine making. Thanks for the tips. I liked and subbed.

[zahvage]

I've been using your bentonite tip. Makes me wonder if I can just mix a whole lot and keep in the fridge or something and just use as needed.
Tip 2 is great

[stanleygrover]

I bought that little bottle, then ordered a gallon of Star San and fill the little one when it runs empty,

[garyballared]

ty for the vid - very informative and well presented - gaz uk

[jakesontiano]

Can someone please help me I’m new to this my wine has been fermenting for a year in a glass carboy and I just opened it and it’s smells amazing but the taste is very salty/sour I don’t know if it’s bad and I should just throw it out or is there some way to turn it around there’s no mold or anything on it the lock was on the entire year

[jkuhl]

About 90% of every fault I've encountered in 2 years of homebrewing went away with time. Hell I once used 10 cloves in a mead, not realizing how potent one clove was . . . it became drinkable a year later, even enjoyed it.

[stanleygrover]

I use a little blender, boiling water from my coffee maker, slowly dribble bentenit in slowly.

[aadhiaddz]

Could you please share the spreadsheet?

[thisisgarrett]

For storing, can you use clay bottles?

[angelscott]

Do you have a recipe for your mascato?

[royalecrafts]

sterilization is easier and cheaper than buying sanitizer btw