Recent content by dlriggins

I had this happen to a batch of wine i made from an unknown grape that my mom brought me it was quite tasty but blew the corks out of a couple bottles needless to say we drank those remaining bottles pretty quick too bad tho would love to know the taste after a few years .

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or the neighbor girl with the hot tub

The last time a bronco made a good run OJ was in the back.

I don't think editors have a dirty mind... but I do and I find it hilarious

They have obviously banned the classic upper decker. I enjoy a little toilet humor lol

This thread made me laugh when I came across it. About 3 months ago a friend of mine asked me for some wine and after telling him to just buy the stuff and I would make him about 3 gal. long story short He wanted to try a sample and told me to just siphon some into a plastic cup. I called...

I did a batch of grapes that my mom had brought over. I have no idea the what kind of grape they were, but being ever so daring I adjusted the acid and sugar level just as I would with a strawberry or other fruit wine. campden and a day later 1118 yeast and away I went. turned out really...

Being fairly new to this hobby I like to drink mine fairly quick. I have noticed that some are much MUCH better wit some age example one of my first batches was a dandelion peach that at bottling was (for lack of a better word) horrible I did however pop a cork on a bottle about a week ago just...

I tried goo gone and found that it doesn't soak through the labels of my local winery and WD works very fast on the glue after scraping off all the paper and no I haven't had any issues with wd-40 in my wine as I only put a little on a rag and scrub at the glue.

I cant see paying for something I can get for free so I like many others go through de-labeling I have found that a scraper or knife will remove the paper and a little WD-40 will usually remove the glue as for sanitation I soak in a bleach bath (I know bleach is a bad thing with wine) I then...

actually my starting SG was 1.092 so that should be about right but just like acids the sugar content will vary slightly that's why I mix to a basic formula and adjust sg and acid accordingly.

for strawberry I used 4 lbs. berries to 7 pts. water with 2 lbs. sugar and then adjusted sg. to 1.090 can't remember if this required water or sugar to correct.

peach dandy 2 gal 1.5 tubes frozen Welch's white grape peach 8 cups dandelion petals No Greens 1 cup hot tea (I used orange pekoe and cut black) 4 lbs sugar 2 teaspoons nutrient 6 tsp acid blend 1 tsp energizer water to 2 gal make a tea with the petals steep DO NOT BOIL about 2 cups water...

my first two batches were very different in the way the alcohol presented itself my first was a batch made of Welch's grape juice concentrate which came out very drinkable at bottling, the second was a dandelion peach that tasted like it came from a still more than a natural fermentation and...