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WTG! I had to stop and think about when I started! I blundered into wine making with a choke cherry. I really didn't know what I was doing and Wine Making Talk was my savior! I haven't been making wine for 5 years yet, but am surprised it will be 4 years this summer. Now I can't imagine...

RJ Spagnols En Primeur Winery Series Super Tuscan

I've read through several posts containing "crabapple" in the posts. I believe I'll have about 120 lbs of crabapples when done sorting out the bad ones. I've got 65 lbs in the freezer already and 2 more 5 gallon buckets full. I appreciate djrockinsteve's recipe, but what would "drops" of...

Thanks for all the info! I did end of with 48 lbs of choke cherries, they are in my freezer. I'll try your method for at least one batch! These cherries were not big and plump....we've not had enough rain either. Would you then go on the high side of you poundage? Thinking that you have...

those look awesome Old Philosofer. I was able to score some this year, but they did not look that good! We are in a drought and where I usually pick is barren. I have used Wade's recipe and really like it. I have never tried choke cherry without adding another juice! I've used apple or...

:db Wine and bikes, do you also quilt?? OK, 2 outa 3 aint bad. :h

How did that turn out for you, JS? I'm thinking of a version of Skeeter Pee Sweet Tea wine. I've always liked lemon in my tea, or is it tea flavored lemonade?

I am hording my bottles of choke cherry from the 2014 crop, knowing I won't bottle any this year. For me too, it takes about a year before the choke cherry is ready, but I did have a choke cherry grape that took 18 months before I bottled it. I was beginning to think this was the batch that...

liked it and shared it. You got me to go on FB, something my family attempts, unsuccessfully, all the time! Thanks for the give-a-way!

We also ride motorcycles. I can't imagine that kind of traffic, let alone weaving in and out of it! It is spring in the north also, we revved them up and took a ride last weekend, 70 in March in Wyoming...Yikes

I think we need more information. Do you have the lid locked down tight on the ferment bucket? I usually just cover with a towel or cloth, not a locked down lid like in beer making. Did you take an sg reading before you began? This is the "marker" I go by. My sg may have started around...

Interesting article. I'll admit I love not paying as much at the pump, but I personally know too many people out of jobs due to the cut-backs in oil production....and don't even get me started on coal!! :ft but I live in a natural resource reliant state.

Not to mention all the people who are out of work now, and those who are hanging on by a thread.....and we are now getting our oil from where?

I just watched the video and am sold on it! I've done a lot of wine racking and cleaning of carboys over the holidays and get so frustrated with the brush, you have to get the bend just right! Always a new tool I can't live without! :h

I don't think I did anything wrong, brought the sg up to 1.086 added all the rest of the chemicals, it fermented fine. It was at 1.000 this afternoon, so we pressed them and I only ended up with 3 1/2 gallons. :( I started with 62 lbs of blackberries. I guess it is what it is. I didn't add...