debz1052 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Great video! I can use all the help I can get. Would someone address the subject of using an airlock on the primary fermenter, opposed to not using one. I did not use one on my first two batches of wine from kits that I purchased...The instructions that came with the kits did not suggest doing so. After racking to secondary fermenter...there was never any activity, such as air bubbling in the airlock. I don't understand why this happened to both batches of red wine. Any suggestions?

jagmanvdp (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Hi: If you can smell it, then the fermentation is going a bit too fast. Those smells are the aroma and flavour of your wine being driven off by the rapidly escapng gases of femrentation. Slow the fermentation down...lose less of the volatile flavour components....lower the temperature to do this....but watch for the lower limit of your yeast

hevikokki (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

home wine making is very fun! nice video! it would be nice if you would make longer video.

divvadivva1 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

hey if you put a longer video on can you let me know. thanks.

WIGNSWORD (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This sounds like part of a long story. Where's the other thirty minutes? This sounds so fun!

khlisson (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Great, informative video.