Recent content by rstar26

Yes I sure did! It has been stabilized for 2 weeks now!

Thanks for the quick reply, will transfer to the 19L and bottle the balance right now, and hope it does not ferment again as I do not have a similar wine to top up with, this is my first batch of skeeter pee!

Just finished backsweetening my first batch of Skeeter Pee and after racking off the sediment from clearing I am left a little short of being into the neck of the carboy. Is the space in the picture going to be too much air space? I do have a 19L carboy, do you recommend I transfer it into that...

Thanks for the quick replies everyone. I will let it sit longer yet, kind of puts the brakes on my plans for giving some out for Christmas but I should have started sooner! Will give it another week!

Just finishign my first batch of Skeeter Pee and added the sparkolloid about a week ago. It appears as though the wine has full cleared. My question is, do I have to wait the 2 weeks it states on the package or is it good to go as soon as it is cleared?

Yeh thats what I was thinking, it just fhe labels look so dull when printed on a mailing label versus how nice they look on the computer :)

Just wondering what everyone uses for labels? I purchased the Avery 3.3"X4" mailing label for my first batch, and because they are a matte finish, they print with an unimpressive dull look to them. Is there something else I can use from the avery line with roughly the same dimensions that will...

So I am nearing the completion of my first batch of SP. Wine as of yesterday was sitting at .999sg. I followed Lons original recipe to the "tee". Of course tasted some for the first time, sweetened it a little of course, and i was finding it is lacking in lemon flavour, tastes just kind of...

Hi all! Working on my first batch of SP according to Lons original recipe. It says a coupld of days after adding last bottle of juice and energizer to rack to carboy to finish fermenting... My question is how much do you fill said carboy? If i fill it into the neck will it bubble over?

No it's just a bluff of trees! Thanks for the nice comments everyone! I will add the abv to the label and call it good i think!

Here is a sample of my first label! What do you all think? Suggestions and advice welcomed!

Is there a special bung you can get for a wine bottle?

Thanks for the advise Bob, i will allow it to ferment in the bucket until 1.000 sg. Will likely be about 14 days in total as far as i can figure, then i will xfer and fortify.

This is not a kit wine. It is a port i am making from scratch. My comment on feeding the yeast was in regards to attaining a final abv of 17% via fermentation. ie: start at 1.110 sg ferment to 1.032 sg (achieving approx 10.24% abv) then feeding the yeast sugar raising the sg to 1.050 then...

Hi All, I have a question about primary/secondary fermentation. Why do we do it? What is the issue with finishing fermentation in the primary? I am on day 10 on the port I am working(8 days from 1.110 to 1.032 then feeding to 1.050(sitting at 1.040 SG right now) My reservation in transfering...