Recent content by Phrinkle

Wow, that does look like pumpkin spaghetti sauce. How did you rack such a thick wine? I think mine would definitely clog my siphon tube. Do I need to sterilize a garden hose? Also, I'm using a bucket for this one. I've done my primaries in carboys in the past. How can you see how far down to...

So, I've now got 2 5 gallon batches of apple pumpkin wine. fermenting away in my wine buckets. It sat for one week as a thick goopy mush. I tasted the mush before I added the apple juice and more sugar and it was actually kinda tasty. Kinda like alcoholic pumpkin bread pudding. I added some...

Now I'm thinking I'll just divide this up into 2 5 gallon batches since the enzymes won't work. I have more pumpkin in mine than most other recipies I've seen. There is about 50 lbs of pumpkin in this 5 gallon batch. I think if I divide it up, it'll be 25 lbs in each, then I'll fill it back up...

I'm thinking about reheating the mash(170 for 1 hr), then adding the enzymes. Leaving it for a day. Then adding more sugar and repitching the yeast. Does this sound like a plan, or should I just let it go? It has already been fermenting almost 2 days at 70.

Do the yeasts chew up the enzymes before they can work? Why don't the enzymes work with the yeast active?

Just got back with my amylase and pectic enzyme. In it goes and I'll give it a stir.

They're in teeny tiny pieces. I left them in to contribute to the flavor, not because I Was too lazy to take them off. But I guess that decision has been made already and I'll find out the consequences in a year or 2. I used to make homebrew beer and this wine thing sure does take alot more...

Thanks for the welcomes. I did use some jackolantern type pumpins. Next time I would use only pie pumpkins as the pie ones tasted so much better raw.But the jacolantern ones tasted ok too especially after roasting them in the oven, so I think they'll be ok for this batch. After reading that...

I am fairly new to wine making, working on a batch of pumpkin wine. I wanted to make use of a bin I found of nice looking pumpkins for $1 a piece, so I thought I'd give pumpkin wine a try. I carefully washed, then destemmed, seeded and cut up 5 8 lb Jackolantern style pumpkins and also 3 4 lb...