Recent content by Schatzie

Thanks for the info! I will not make the same mistake again (I hope) lol And Yes, I do know that Schatzie mean sweetheart In German, because I am German. From Hof/Saale upper Bavaria- approx 130 clicks from nurnberg ......and I am sweet lol as we speak I am cutting 30 lbs of peaches...we...

:4th Hi Everyone, hope all is well! My strawberry wine I made(fresh fruit ), came out looking beautiful. I'ts been bottled, the smell is wonderful but the aftertaste is less than desirable. I back sweeten it, Maybe not enough... it has a bitter taste to it. Any suggestions? Mixing it as a...

thank you, I will keep that in mind!!!

Thank you.....I added turbo YEAST and approx. 10 lbs of frozen mango and 2 quarts of 100% white grape juice and one can of frozen white grape juice in a 5 gal carboy I also puree all the mango

:a1would love to meet someone whos experienced in wine making....want to learn new things from a pro!!!

I'm sweet what can I say!! LOL Thanks for the reply...as long as I am in the ballpark ,its all good. I gotta learn somehow!!

HI EVERYONE!!! hope all of you are having great day. It's a beautiful day here in Denver, in the 60's. ok, down to biz.....My question is, after I combined all my ingredient's, before I added any acid or tannin, I took a reading 1.100 I have read so many different recipes, I am confused now...

One more quick question...Now that I have racked the apple wine should I add the potassium sorbate right away and do I need to degass.??..I bought that long whip thing that you use with a drill?btw I had to taste its good I added wood chips to it

just finished measuring the alcohol content its right there at 14% I'm ready to rack(and roll) LOL Thanks everybody!!!

thank you all!! I wound up adding 5 and half pounds sugar 15 can of frozen apple juice Kroger brand 100 % juice . My reading before I added yeast was 1.100. Now it bubbling like crazy ..looks a little cloudy, but from what I understand that to be expected

Want to make apple frozen concentrate wine .Can someone help me out with the ratios I need . How much apple concentrate? How much sugar? I've read so many different things ,your the experts, You would know! any help would be grateful !! Thanks!!

is there anything i can do fix this now? should i stir more now? add more add more potassium sorbate?

Ok...I'm following my Friend's Brother-in-laws recipe. He makes a GREAT wine!! 6 can frozen 100%juice 5 lbs sugar water etc everything went as he said....after fermentation my alcohol was at 15%. He then told me to add 3 teaspoons of potassium sorbate and stir like crazy until bubbles...

That's exactly what my problem was!! TY SIR!! my alcohol is a 5....so I added a little more water and sugar. It foamed and reattached bubblier and gonna wait another week.Thank you again for all your wisdom much appreciated...Schatzie

Thank you Paul..I have the potassium sorbate and Biofine clear. I also used the turbo yeast express in my fermentation . I just tried the hydrometer again, Its doesn't float. I filled up the plastic container the hydrometer came in and swirled in around and it sunk to the bottom and wont float...