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• Posted in thread: Skittle Wine on 05-25-2013 at 02:24 AM
  Elmer....for a wine started on 5/5 you are still early in the scheme of things. I think
  everyone has had their batch look exactly like yours. It should be fine, be patient. Did you
  rack before adding ...

• Posted in thread: How long to age Cornucopia (Packlab) kits? on 05-25-2013 at 02:15 AM
  I made the white coconut frascati. It was bottled about 3 months after it had f-pac added,
  first bottle consumed 6 weeks later. All but a few bottles were gone within 6 months. Ended up
  filling 3 1-ga...

• Posted in thread: Fig wine on 05-25-2013 at 01:55 AM
  Saramc......compared to other wines you have made...how is the fig.Wow what a difficult
  question. People who I serve it to cannot believe it is fig, though not many people are
  familiar with figs outsi...

• Posted in thread: obsessed with sediment removal on 05-25-2013 at 01:28 AM
  You hired someone to observe every aspect of the winemaking and track lees development? Are
  they measuring anything else: must temp, room temp, SG, barometric pressure, etc? You do
  realize no batch wi...

• Posted in thread: Port style wine on 05-24-2013 at 05:12 PM
  Funny, I just read a thread here this am about port, by (not sure )dessertmaker are something
  linked to a post about port.Port requires a different yeast..I have been searching for this
  one. Red star ...

• Posted in thread: My Try at Strawberry on 05-24-2013 at 11:58 AM
  I have friends who use one to put up quart after quart of grape juice, for drinking
  unfermented. They use it for winemaking too. I like using mine, even though it has not seen
  alot of use...but the ju...

• Posted in thread: Fig wine on 05-24-2013 at 11:43 AM
  I have made several batches of fig wine but fig mead is my favorite. Another used a blend of
  fresh and dried figs, 5-6# fresh/1# dried per gallon. Dates and bananas make great add-ins too.
  Unfortunate...

• Posted in thread: Chocolate Covered Cherry Wine on 05-23-2013 at 07:44 PM
  Sounds awesome! How do you get the thick mud out though? Did you try stirring it up and mixing
  it in for the flavor? What did you back sweeten with? Thank you for your helpYou allow the
  thick gross le...

• Posted in thread: Elderberry wine recipe help on 05-23-2013 at 01:35 AM
  Elderberries tend to be one fruit that benefit and need aging, usually more than a year. And
  most tend to either like anything containing elderberry or hating it. I vote for making it as a
  single wine...

• Posted in thread: trans from primary to secondary strawberry on 05-23-2013 at 01:26 AM
  its strawberry last hydrometer reading was 2 days ago 1.010Leave it alone in carboy, topped up,
  under airlock.