NePaHomeWineBrewer
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Hello. My name is Ed and I am from Northeast PA. I recently got interested in home wine brewing, and after a few weeks of research, started my first two batches of wine on August 27th-Elderberry and Blueberry. Both of these have been racked once already. Amazingly, the Elderberry went from 1.102SG to .996SG in only 5 days, and the Blueberry went from 1.105SG to 1.036SG in 7 days. Yesterday I started my second batch of Elderberry.
I am operating with 5 gallon Primary Fermenting buckets and only producing in 3 gallon batches since I got five 3-gallon carboys for $41, but with only $212 invested that is working out to about $4.63/bottle right now. Who can buy decent wine for $4.63/bottle?
My sister had a fire about 5 years ago and passed away last December. While going through her stuff this past weekend, we found 4 bottles of very good clarity wine marked "Orange". Since the bottles still had soot on them, we figure the were from her fire 5 years ago. After we determined the few impurities floating around in the bottles was cork pieces, we cleaned and opened a bottle and enjoyed it immensely!
Anyway...I am hoping that my experiences and the experiences of others can be both educational fulfilling. I am enjoying this hobby so far, and find myself watching the airlocks bubble!
Anyway...hello to all!
I am operating with 5 gallon Primary Fermenting buckets and only producing in 3 gallon batches since I got five 3-gallon carboys for $41, but with only $212 invested that is working out to about $4.63/bottle right now. Who can buy decent wine for $4.63/bottle?
My sister had a fire about 5 years ago and passed away last December. While going through her stuff this past weekend, we found 4 bottles of very good clarity wine marked "Orange". Since the bottles still had soot on them, we figure the were from her fire 5 years ago. After we determined the few impurities floating around in the bottles was cork pieces, we cleaned and opened a bottle and enjoyed it immensely!
Anyway...I am hoping that my experiences and the experiences of others can be both educational fulfilling. I am enjoying this hobby so far, and find myself watching the airlocks bubble!
Anyway...hello to all!