See the brown dot in middle? This 2012 Moscato from juice bucket had a really odd taste. Sort of a spoiled taste to it. Not very pleasant at all. I let it ferment from what ever BelUva inoculated with and I did my normal clean procedures on everything. I am thinking it's oxidized. The smell is...
I want to try an MLF in my next buckets just to learn the process. However, if I let them bulk age properly and cleanly, do I need to even bother with an MLF? My last buckets were bulk aged for 7 months and taste fine (execpt a moscato). Should they go through MLF on their own while bulk aging...
JEEZ IM AN IDIOT!!!!!
Everything went fine...........until backsweetening and bottling. Long story short: too much sugar. So, what do I do? Do I make another smaller batch and just blend by pouring bottled DB into freshly made bucket of DB? Or can I get a few bottles of Riesling or another...
I should say I added cherries in my first batch I tried in the spring that never really fermented. I am holding off on THIS batch until secondary to add the cherries.
I also just added more energizer and nutrient as I moved it from jug to bucket.
Jacks recipe here: http://winemaking.jackkeller.net/reques28.asp
Did everything except KSorb and cherries. Temps in lower to mid 70s and was in a 1 gallon jug w/airlock. It has signs of much activity. Same yeast. And as it stated I switched it to a regular bucket with towel over it so I can...
Making Jack Kellers recipe. I am NOT putting the cherries in until secondary. The problem is the SG is barely moving even though I see plenty of action inside. I just moved it from the one gallon carboy to a regular bucket (easier the whip up daily) and added more nutrient and energizer.
Does...
I can always taste in the wine, how the vitner struggles everyday in the care of his vines. Whether a dove flew by the grapes during a rainstorm, and how the chickens were startled by the backfiring of the backhoe two farms down!!!