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Just want to follow up on this thread. The wine turned out OK. no real off tastes. Taste is in level with a cheap dry white wine. nothing to taste really but atleast it works mixing drinks with it :)

if going by smell means anything its going to turn out kinda ok. Smells like strawberries. and hopefully the elderflowers will help some. and the 2.6 pounds of honey. Anyway I'm thinking about if transferring to secondary is such a good idea if this wine might be light on nutrients. but at the...

thx for all the help. SG is down to 1.035 now and no bad smells at all.

so far i have added half of the typical 1tsp for each gallon. SG is down to 1.055 now. should i just add the rest in?

I choosed not to use sulfites in my air lock. Should I?

100% right.. today i strained up some elderflower lemonade i made for my wife.. have an aroma very close to what i smell from the wine. Didn't know that about DAP nutrients. next time i make some wine ill read up more about nutrients and buy better stuff. But the way its fermenting right now...

i've aerated the must twice, didnt use any tannin but campden powder and pectic enzyme yes. Have never smelled rotten eggs but it might be towards that yes.. its very light on fruit juice and used the dry elderflowers to get more taste. about 1.8gallon of juice to be correct. i cheaped out on...

My first wine thats not from a kit So many questions :) but I'll start with the facts. English is not my first language so it will be kinda painful to read. I'm making a wine from strawberry juice and dried elderflowers sweetened with honey and 2 kinds of sugar, dextrose and plain sugar...

Do you feel 12% is the highest ABV without overpowering the taste. got the OG at 1.095-1.100 so thats about 13-14%. got a logg written up for the thread but for some reason i wrote it in swedish.. :slp edit: the fermentation started 6 hours after i put the yeast in the must. got a nice stable...

I will be making strawberry/elderflower wine with a dab of honey and vanilla. hopefully it will turn out nice. will update in this thread if it turns out to be drinkable. pretty much fermenting the way i like it as a juice/fruit drink (non-alcoholic), but with less water.

thank you for your answer, how long do i dare too leave it? I've noticed that for sometimes it ferments really fast.

Hello, I'm thinking about making some strawberry wine soon, but I'm going away on vacation in about 3 weeks. is it okay to leave the wine for about 3-4 weeks when using chemicals to clear it? Or should i leave it standing after degassing then clear when i come back? or just go straight to...

i think it's alot about our high taxes here in sweden. not sure what they are originally used for, but here its just for brewing.

i know there is 20 liter demijohns of the kind you have found Dutch or at least they are pretty common in germany and sweden. If you ever go for a vacation in sweden i know they even got 6 gallon glas carboys here.