Recent content by Pavel314

I'm making a batch of sparkling pear wine by having a second ferment in capped Champagne bottles.

I made a three-gallon batch of pear wine which has an ending SG of 0.994. I want to do a second fermentation in Champagne bottles and am unsure how much sugar to add to each bottle. I usually add 13 grams per 750 ml bottle, but last time, there was too much pressure and the bottles leaked while...

I put 13 grams of sugar into each bottle for the secondary fermentation and use the plastic caps and wires. I generally get good carbonation after six months.

The three batches were almost identical, other than the different fruits used. Maybe pears have more sugar content than apples? Here are the recipes I used: 9#3oz Apples, 3 gallons water, 6#5oz sugar. Primary ferment SG went from 1.076 to 0.996, calculated alcohol 10.9% 9#0oz Strawberries, 3...

I do the double clamp as well. I only use a hand clamper. If the clamping were the problem, you'd expect the leakage to occur evenly among the three batches.

Last year, I made three batches of fruit wine with the intention of producing sparkling wine from them. All three batches were made within a few months of each other, went through the primary fermentation, then were put into Champagne bottles and capped for the secondary fermentation. Having had...

@TxBrew Forgot to do the tag.

That one worked. I started riddling my sparkling apple wine today, 11/13/2017.

http://s1346.photobucket.com/user/pavel314/media/riddling_zpsrbdxhgsr.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0 I started riddling my sparkling apple wine today.

Why did you add raisins?

Does anyone have a source for clear 750 ml champagne bottles? All I can find at my local stores and online are the usual green; even Amazon didn't have any. I'm making a batch of sparkling strawberry wine and thought the pink (probably) wine would look good in clear bottles. Paul

We have a bottle of elderberry wine and watch the Pfiefer/Klein movie of "Midsummer Night's Dream" every midsummer night, June 20 this year.

Thanks, that's good to know.

I never pruned mine, they just grew wild around the farm.

I just noticed the other day that our elderberry bushes have a lot of flowers this year. We used to have a lot of bushes around the property but most died out several years ago. Hope they're making a comeback, I like elderberry wine, elderberry mead, and a grape/elderberry blend. Paul Maryland...