Recent content by -Bumbleclot-

I just went and tasted it again, to refresh myself on what I was trying to describe. Has been a few months since I have touched it, it's just over 2 years old now, but the smell is much better and the bite it had to the flavor isn't very noticeable. Color hasn't changed, still a very dark...

Oh, and ambient temperature-is that something to be concerned with? I had read another thread, beardy and his first batch, and he talked so much about the temperature. I'm making mine in my kitchen, central Texas heat, no ac. So it's always between 78° and 105° where I have my wine going. Doubt...

I figured I was off on the b-kappa and sulfur, but didn't think to go back and edit. The way I did my last batch (which is also my second batch) is right on the money for the oxygen, or very close. That batch has an alcohol bite as I swallow, a smell to it that makes most reluctant to taste it...

I have a few things I'd like to know, as I fumble my way thru the thousands of threads in here trying to get a handle on what y'all are talking about. Please keep in mind, "noob." Till yesterday I didn't know what a hydrometer was, or what abv meant. I plan on using dark brown sugar. Is that a...

Thank you pike, the dictionary is much more helpful than the first I found. Couple things I am wondering still. "Sg" and "fg" are starting and final gravity? How does oxygen effect the wine? In another 9 days, I take my mashed grapes and strain/squeeze all the juice out, and again once...

Safe? Oh goodness, I didn't know I could end up with something that wasn't. Unpleasant perhaps, as my first attempt was. Can one of y'all post a couple links for me? I have tried to dig thru some of these forums, but really don't know what I'm looking for or where to find it, it all seems to...

Central Texas, out in the country between Waco and Temple. Don't mind the heat, kind of enjoy it. Humidity on the other hand...yuck. ABV is alcohol something volume? I should be getting in to town before my mash is ready for sugar, I'll look up some brew shops. I participate in historical...

Where do I get a hydrometer? I would imagine it comes with instructions ;) Turbinado is regular sugar, but unbleached. Had a tan to brown color, depending on the brand. My second batch is clear, but very dark. If brown sugar has molasses, and that may effect clarity, I'd rather go with a...

Very new to winemaking, about to start my third batch. First was great for cooking but not to drink. Second batch came out very sweet, very dark and noticeably thick on the tongue, smells unpleasant but tastes great (it's aged 2 years now). I'm using mustang and muscadine grapes collected from...

So many threads in here I don't know where to look. I'm hardly a winemaker, only make a few gallons each year and know so very little about it. I suppose what I make would be called hooch, as I do it in such a primitive fashion. Originally found this forum when looking for a description of how...