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HaHaHa..... yes we do have a real wine thief....... But the missing wine , we figured was the gas and foam leaving the carboy after we used the drill to mix very well.......lol. Had to be,,,,,

Yes, we added the apple juice to the hard cider, I guess its a wait and see for now! so its topped off . lets see if we really do have a wine thief..lol

Oh N.W. My hubby saw these and said, hummmm two different deer..... but they look great. looks like the ones on our deck.

Think Im over the snow, here is a pict of a storm comming in. Looks beautiful

After reading everyone's coments, I am not going to sweeten with the conditioner, hubby wanted a drier wine, so he gets his wine. Anything for my man.......lol....... I have 60 bottles of sweeten wine just for me!......lol. Here are picts of bottling the green apple Riesling and the Blackberry...

Try this! I used vinegar to get the skunk smell out. The ingredient that does the work is the acetic acid in the vinegar. (It has a higher percent of acetic acid than tomato juice, so it works more effectively). I soaked the dog's coat down with vinegar for a few minutes, then shampooed...

Will post some picts tomorrow. After we bottled 60 some bottles, had to go to friends house for a cookout........ didnt feel like printing out the lablestonight and hubby has a pulled muscle in the back so he cant lift to well right now..... ya know men are babies when it comes to pain....lol.

Ok, the SG came out the same .998, we added more apple juice and the campden and sorbate...... will let it sit for a few more weeks and then sweeten a bit and bottle........ we also bottled today, the green apple riesling and the Blackberry cabernet. looks good.

Hubby came home,. started SG was 1.094, went into carboy when SG was 1.040 TODAY....... SG is .998 at 68 degrees, will take again tomorrow, if it reads the same then add applejuice.... tasted and WOW was really powerful!...... needs to be sweeter, is to dry to me. after we add the...

Ok, I will take the readings when hubby gets home from work, he is working over to pay for the wine.lol.......If I dont use the conditioner then what would I sweeten with? I dont have time to go and get the k-meta powder so I guess the well chushed campden will do. But will wait to sweeten...

Hi all Mrs Ippymiss Here........ just wanted to post a wedding pictof Me and the Mr. Ippy......... he is in the cowboy hat.was an outside wedding, at our house , 2nd for both, October 2006. Had everyone come in VERY casual clothes if they came dressed up, they got kicked out. Didnt...

we have the Black RasberryCabernet ready to bottle this weekend actually need to bottle the green apple riesling too......... Our wine store gives a free bottle of wine for each kit you buy...and taste of everything if ya want one..... I went there one morning at 10:00 a.m. and should not have...

Thanks everyone. I slept on it, but didnt lose any sleep..lol I dont think we are going to carbonate it.. I dont have any K-Meta , guess a trip to the wine store is in store for this weekend!...... what the recipe does say is that is is still fermentating in this stage have about another...

As I look at the picts we didnt need to top off...... so what could have happened to the wine? really.......... if we have wine thieves then the 16 yr old thief is going to be grounded for life..lol.......... no , I know he didnt do that... he doesnt trust our wine until it is...

Thanks, It did foam alot when we mixed and racked to the primary . damn, damn, damn... did we lose a batch..... the recipe did NOT call for the ascorbic acid...... soooooooooo, What do we do. TOSS.......... or what ? when we racked the recipe said after 5-7 days or if the SG reaches 1.040 (which...