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• Posted in thread: Fast clearing blackberry on 10-11-2010 at 07:55 PM
  Did I get lucky here? I have a three week old 2 gal. blackberry made from 1 gallon of juice
  from my steamer. It was about 8 pounds of fruit. I added pectic enzyme, pot meta, and enough
  sugar to have a...

• Posted in thread: Steam-Juicing Elderberries? on 07-12-2009 at 02:14 PM
  I have a couple of questions to tag on to this discussion. I have an elderberry started from
  steamed juice about 2 months ago. Yeast was pitched 11 May, racked to secondary 18 May, and
  again on 1 June...

• Posted in thread: Steam Juicer yields on 05-04-2009 at 08:05 PM
  So there I was. Me, my recently purchased granite ware steamer, and 8 pounds of frozen
  Illinois elderberries. How hard could it be? My 5 year old was sitting on the kitchen island
  looking on in pure...

• Posted in thread: Home made Sparkling wine tonight on 12-02-2007 at 01:06 AM
  the fruits of my labor was were consumed. 26 years in the USAF. We had my retirement party
  tonight. I had made a VR chardonnay kit that I transformed to sparkling wine for the festivity.
  It has been...

• Posted in thread: How to rack without ... on 11-30-2007 at 12:05 PM
  My experience has shown that the best racking method is to siphon down to about 1/2 or so then
  tilt the carboy on a folded dish towel or something. I will set my auto siphon so the weight of
  the hose ...

• Posted in thread: Chardonnay to Champagne on 04-01-2007 at 06:11 PM
  Wade, I forgot to metnion, that, yes I did give it a swallow. It was great. I haven't
  tastedmuch s/wine in my life but it met my expectations. I really have enjoyed the remarks and
  looks I get when I ...

• Posted in thread: Crabapple Wine on 04-01-2007 at 01:14 PM
  I just sweetened and bottled my Crabapple/apple yesterday. I had used crabs from my boss's
  house. They were aromatic and larger than normal crabapples. I sweetened with wine conditioner,
  filtered and ...

• Posted in thread: Chardonnay to Champagne on 04-01-2007 at 01:06 PM
  Hi folks. It's finished. Actually about three weeks ago. I'm sorry wasn't able to photograph
  the degorging. I have a camera that needs a specialized and expensive battery. The degorging
  went smooth. I...

• Posted in thread: Corks on 02-03-2007 at 12:53 PM
  Just an observation, but I had the same problem the first time I tried to cork a bottle. I
  decided to practice first on an empty bottle. The mistake I made, was that I was trying to
  insert the cork in...

• Posted in thread: Worm wine? on 01-22-2007 at 10:12 PM
  I was doing research for a class assignment today and stumbled on this article when I did a
  database search for "Home Winemaking". I'm not easily grossed out, but
  this..............Someone tell me tha...