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Fermenter cooling in a tub of water with frozen bottles in a shady laundry on a summer day

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Summer Fermentation: 10 Tips for Keeping Your Brew Cool

An Australian summer can push a fermenter well past its comfort zone. Ten practical, low-cost ways to keep beer, wine and washes fermenting clean when the mercury climbs.
Bottling homemade wine with a bottle filler

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How to Bottle Homemade Wine

Sanitising, choosing bottles and closures, filling to the right level and storing your wine: everything you need for a smooth bottling day.
Potassium metabisulphite and potassium sorbate for homemade wine

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Sulphite and Sorbate Basics for Homemade Wine

Sulphite and sorbate do two different jobs in homemade wine. What each one does, when to add it, and why you often need both.
Stabilising homemade wine before backsweetening

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How to Stabilise Wine Before Backsweetening

Adding sugar to a finished wine can restart fermentation. How to stabilise your wine first so it stays sweet in the bottle, not fizzy.
Clearing homemade wine with fining agents

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When and How to Use Fining Agents in Wine

Cloudy wine? When to use fining agents, how they work, and how to pick the right one for a clear, bright homemade wine.
Testing the acidity of homemade wine

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How to Balance Acidity in Homemade Wine

Acidity shapes how fresh and balanced your wine tastes. When to test it and how to safely raise or lower it at home.
Estimating potential alcohol of grape juice before fermentation

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Estimating Potential Alcohol in Homemade Wine

Use a Brix, SG or Baumé reading before fermentation to estimate how strong your wine will be, and learn what changes the final ABV.
Measuring grape juice sugar in Brix, specific gravity and Baumé

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Understanding Brix, Specific Gravity and Baumé in Winemaking

Brix, specific gravity and Baumé all measure sugar in grape juice. What each scale means and how to use them when making wine at home.
Bottle washers and brushes for cleaning wine bottles

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Bottle Washers Explained: How to Clean Bottles Properly Before Wine Season

Brushes, rotary, electric or hydraulic: the main types of bottle washer, and how to wash and sanitise bottles properly before wine season.
Wine bottle neck sealed with melted wax

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Guide to Sealing Wine Bottles with Wax Granules

Wax sealing protects your wine and gives every bottle a handmade finish. What you need and how to do it step by step.
Natural and agglomerated wine corks

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Agglomerated or Natural Corks?

Natural or agglomerated? How the two cork types differ in sealing, ageing and cost, and which one suits your homemade wine.
Red wine grapes ready for crushing and fermentation

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Grape Fermentation in Winemaking

From choosing good grapes to pressing, punching down, checking temperature and density, racking and bottling: how grape fermentation works at home.

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