Recent content by StoneCreek

I friend of mine just asked me to make a 6 gallon batch of a Cab Merlot blend for his wife's upcoming 40th birthday celebration. She loves the wines I make from kits and from fruit. I have just under a year to get the kit, get it going, get it done, and in the bottle for aging. One of her...

Thanks stressbaby. That recipe sounds delicious. I'll probably make it if I can find a good deal on pomegranates. About how many did you use to get the volume of seed listed? Sent from my iPhone using Wine Making

Over the last few month I have staked out about twenty or thirty wild fig trees that were bearing fruit. Well, I noticed today a few of those trees are starting to produce ripe figs. This also means that a lot more ripe fruit will be here before I know it. I need a tried and true fig recipe. I...

that's just plain genius

I did the same thing on my very first kit. I had been making fruit wines with no problems and for some reason when trying to play right and follow the rules to the letter with the kit I somehow managed to read the tick marks on my primary wrong. When it was time to transfer to the carboy i...

A buddy of mine told me this was how his grandaddy made wine every year but he couldn't remember what all was put into the jar. Thanks for the info. I might just have to try this!!

Thanks for the advice hunt. Sent from my iPhone using Wine Making

As a newbie I don't have nearly as much made as some of you but I am having a blast playing catch up. I received a basic equipment kit for Christmas of 2013. That kit is no longer basic! So here is what I've done and in the process of doing: Bottled: 6 gal - Quad Berry DB (strawberry...

That was very cool. Thanks for sharing.

Sounds like a plan. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone using Wine Making

I can do chunks. Do you have a recommended amount to use or do you think 5 oz will be enough. Since you've done something similar how long would you let it sit on the chocolate before racking and clearing? Sent from my iPhone using Wine Making

the plan was to let the wine age a bit with the cocoa and then use a clearing agent to clear it before bottling and letting it bottle age for at least 6 months or more before tasting. Do you think I should just let it age with the cocoa for six months with no racking and just wait for it to...

I was eating some fresh blackberries tonight when I saw one of my boys grab a Ghirardelli chocolate from the pantry. So I decided that the pairing would be good and have decided to do a Chocolate Blackberry wine. I plan on doing a gallon batch at first to try it out. The plan is to make a...

I have decided to do two wines this month. I found myself eating a handful of fresh blackberries and then saw my son grab one of those small Ghirardelli chocolates from the pantry. Then a thought occurred. Guess what it was? Yep, gonna try a chocolate blackberry. I have seen some other chocolate...

It must be the seeds because I did not get an amaretto smell at all from my primary with just the fruit. It actually smelled kinda bad in my opinion until the SG hit about 1.020. Then the fruity smell came forward and now that it is at about 1.010 tonight the smell has improved even more.