Hello! I'm about to start my first batch of mead. It will be a straight mead using raspberry blossom honey, and I'm planning to make 1 gallon. I will be using D47 to ferment it. My question is about how many nutrients to add (I will be using fermaid k and DAP). Some ressources seem to indicate...
I'm having the same problem as you, seanstermatic!!! I started my 2½ gallon batch of Skittle wine about 40 days ago and it's fermenting sooooooooooooo slowly!!! I have it down to about 1.048 and I'm not sure what to do - should I throw in some yeast energizer? It is still fermenting - I see...
Wow, that seems like an exorbitant amount of acid blend! None of the recipes I looked at have anywhere near that much suggested. Could that really be correct?
arcticsid, the rosehips are a ton of work. I read somewhere that the wine was better if you removed the seeds and it took me quite a few hours to scoop out all those seeds! I haven't added tannin yet but from what I was reading I was thinking I should.
I'll post links to the recipes when I...
I'm basing myself on a few different recipes - I've put in the following:
5 kg of rosehips
17.75 l water
6.2 kg sugar
25 ml yeast nutrient
5 Campden tablets
12.5 ml pectic acid
yeast (I added this now but I hadn't yet when I was doing my acid tests.)
My SG is currently about 1.092.
I'm trying my hand at making wine without a kit for the first time. I'm trying a 5 gallon batch of rosehip wine. I was able to get the sugar to the right level without any trouble but I'm having trouble with the acid test!
I bought a brand new acid titration kit. My first measure indicated...