Lady i buy quail and rabbits from said she was getting out of wine making and asked if i wanted some of her old stuff just to get it out her house . Said sure and she just kinda pushed this stuff in my arms lol. She gave me a recipe and apparently everything I need except some buckets and bottles . Not 100% sure about the pump thingy though saidbshe got it to try and used it like once but didn't see the need .gonna be next month till im able to start anything but till then anything else I should look at getting?

Try the fermenters forum, that's where the wino's hang out,

The pump is used for decanting, basically bottling, or moving to another carboy or barrel. It lets you leave the sediment in place. A gravity operated syphon works just about as well.

Keith

Going to change your handle from Woldog91 to Maddog2020

Do they have a recipe for Ripple?

Used to ferment some stuff when I was a teenager just to get us drunk. Tasted horrible with the bakers yeast but it got the job done. Still make a little corn liquor every once in a blue moon.

Is i bad I've been on here since I was 13 and wasn't aware we had that forum ?

Ok gotcha seems useful, know she said she decanters each bottle but I can see using this between two big containers

Yeah I listen to some ex con YouTubers and always enjoy the stores about how they made wine and liquor in the pen but the recipes always sounded like something you hoped would get you drunk because other wise you'd be sick !

I'll say you might as well start out with the 5 gallon carboys and fermenting buckets. Most recipes are for 5 gallon batches and simply cutting down the amounts for smaller carboys doesn't work the way it should.

I believe Boss Paul makes some fine wine. Maybe he will chime in and help.

Need a 6 gallon glass carboy. And this. From Amazon.

Looked into it once and figured the real fun was in drinking it and making it would just subtract from the fun of it. If it was like most hobbies I figured id spent thousands of dollars try to make something that tasted as good as a bottle i could buy for $10.

I had the pleasure of trying some Skeeter Pee last summer. I'm not generally a wine enthusiast, but it was tasty.

You might want to try these. Super easy to make. They make 5 gallons and they make some mighty fine wine. You'll need the jug of juice and yeast to make the wine. Then sugar and potassium sorbate to backsweeten the wine.

https://www.bing.com/search?pglt=43...BqMagCALACAA&FORM=ANNTA1&PC=HCTS

Less than 3$ bux per bottle

You need to place an order from here:

https://doubleavineyards.com/

Their prices are a decent and the vines they have sent me have been of excellent quality. I've bought 300 grape vines from them in the last 4 years.

Keith

Looks like you’re going to need a primary bucket and a carboy.

That's what you need WD. Another hobbie.

Its something I have wanted to do from years but other than buying yeast and some apple juice II never went any further.

I plan on going to a friend's and learning about running a still this year. May get into that if it seems like fun and I get more time.