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My wine has finished fermenting (with the help of fermentation stopper) and has been on the shelf in a demijohn with airlock bubbler and bung for a month now clearing. Do I have to seal it with an airlock bubbler and bung or can I seal it with a solid rubber bung while it clears in the demijohn...

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It was Captain Morgan Spiced Rum. It is around 70 proof. The brandy was around 40%. What else could it be that I am tasting? Do I need to make adjustments? Thank you for your help! ;)

2 weeks ago, I began racking 5 gallons of various wines made with baker's yeast (elderberry, damson & apple). I fortified them with a bit of rum and a bit of brandy to taste (about 1 Cup of alcohol each to a 4.5 liter demijohn). I also added a sugar syrup to sweeten it to my taste. I like it...

I made some elderberry/damson/apple mix wine a couple of weeks ago. I made it with baker's yeast and fortified it with brandy and spiced rum once the airlock bubbling had stopped. I did not need to back sweeten it as it was sweet enough for my liking the way it was. I added some potassium...

Hello. Rhino fart help :?... I started my apple wine! It is day 4, is this normal? ... One bin had a significant amount of more pulp in it than the other bin. I allowed them to rest for 24 hours before pitching the yeast (Lalvin 71B-1122). When I pitched the yeast, the temp. of the must was...

I purchased some high alcohol wine yeast (Gervin GV4 High Alcohol Wine Yeast). I was going to use it in my apple wine but then I found out that it could cause a sulfur odor in that wine. So as suggested by some kind folks here, I purchased a more suitable yeast to use in my apple wine (Lavlin...

Hello. I am a beginner. I want to say thank you to all of you that help me get on with my wine making! Nice to meet you! I am not sure how to change the title of this thread. It should say "Hello" or something. Sorry for any confusion.

This is my entire recipe for the sweet apple wine Corrected Version: SWEET APPLE WINE "Apfelwein" (4 British Gallons) @ 13.4% Alcohol Content 16 litres of apple juice (juiced from fresh cooking apples) plus minced pulp of apple left from juicer Water to top up if necessary for measuring...

Getting some wonderfully helpful answers today! Thank you! I was told that the B1 tablet helped to build a healthy yeast colony. The sultanas are for flavor and vinosity, the lemons to help balance alkaline/acid levels as well as for crispness in the flavor (I read that cooking apples do not...

Thank you so much for your input. I really appreciate it. I have already bought the high alcohol wine yeast *smh*. I have some baker's yeast too. What if I mixed half of the high alcohol yeast and the bakers yeast together? Would that tone it down a bit? As suggested below, I am going to buy...

Okay, that is what I had planned on doing to begin with but then I found this chart. I figured there would be a catch lol. Thank you. I will do that. Anything else that should be altered? More lemons? No black tea etc? Cute doggy btw. <3

Hello again. I am still trying to perfect my basic sweet apple wine recipe before I make it. With your help I have made some alterations to the original posted thread. Please keep in mind that I am an absolute beginner. I am not using a kit and I'm still learning how to use a hydrometer. I...

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With these elderberry and damson wines, I have decided to fortify them with brandy to make them like a sherry when they have finished fermenting so I have the answers I was seeking now to my first question. Thank you for all of your help. I do have a second question... I have not added any...