Recent content by cmcca27966

Just wanted to tell you all that the hydrometer was bad..ugh...anyway i wound up bottling it and it came out to 1.010 which is in the neighborhood of 13%...Not bad for a first try with welches..lol. The wine tastes really good but has this hint of grape juice flavor(slight bit). I have been...

Just racked this one and actually tasted good for 13 days old...Just started a vintners reserve pinot noir..OK No more until October!

Oh I agree with you..They could put them in front of a public firing squad as far as I am concerned. I work in a community that is surrounded by russians and middle easterners and this morning i had some lady tell me,,ohhhh these are just kids. I said WHAAAT DID YOU SAY? and she said they are...

Make Wine, Not Bombs:dg

I degassed with a 1.5 vacuum pump

The Hydro only goes to .990 but its below that and I estimated...

I have 2 wines and my Starting points were 1.110 and 1.120 they are both at what seems to be .985. i am using red star wine pasteur red yeast which is supposed to die at 14%. Both of these wines are a month old and I degassed them and tasted both they taste sweet and very high in alcohol...

May God be with you folks at this difficult time.

i have it to over 24 and I am getting a 1 or 2 bubbles when do i know its done?

24.5 Hg is what the vacuum guage says. wine is barely bubbling now

I am pulling a vacuum with a 1.5 cfm pump its bubblin and bubblin and bubbling..I stopped every minute or so cause i am afraid the carboy will explode. Do I just keep pulling until the bubbles stop????:se

Well I guess its going to be a bit higher on the ABV. I know the liquid measurements were perfect so that's not the issue. I pitched the yeast which according to directions was a sprinkle on the surface..Would it mess it up if i stirred it?? It says sprinkle yeast on top. (do not stir)

I am making a Vino Del Vita "Chianti". The only issue I had was that the initial SG was 1.060 AND I followed the directions to the letter of the law. (Supposed to be 1.070 to 1.085 according to the directions) I brought the SG up to 1.075 in hopes that I could get close to 12% on the finished...

I am making a kit and it cam with EC 1118. I read up on it a bit and saw some negative reviews. Stale tasting wine..Etc. what do you folks think about this yeast? I also wanted to ask a question about specific gravity and temperature. If the temperature is lower will the initial SG reading...

Just tasted a batch of white grape peach wine made from Welch's. It is completely clear 10 days after after first racking and it looked so good i had to try it. It is definitely wine without a doubt. The taste is bitter..and very very very slight fuzziness..but it is wine!!!! Yay !!! Is that...