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thanks guys

I made 2 bottles worth of crab apple wine 2 yrs ago, following my grandma's old recipe. Basically just the apples, gin, and sugar. Then I found this site and read posts with campden tablets, nutritional yeast, ever clear, pectic enzyme, sorbate...the list goes on. My head was spinning. My...

LOL! Made me chuckle. I just stumbled upon this. I am from a city called Regina. Named in 1882 after Queen Victoria, Victoria Regina. But before that, The natives reffered to the area as Pile of Bones. From some Bison bones that were in the area. Not the best story but, sound cooler than Regina...

what kind of a store did you find that honey at? Regular grocery store?

So then add the sorbate, and add juice (my question mark doesn't seem to be working). what juice. wouldn't that take away from the original flavor. And wait a year! Must I wait. Or was that wait a year if I don't add anything.

What is everclear and what does it do? Would I add to add it and wait a certain period of time. Wan't to make sure I do it right.

Question Hey new to the site. Got my grandma's crab apple wine recipe. Pretty simple. Cut the apples, put it in a bucket with some gin, sugar. let sit for 6 weeks and enjoy before mass! (yes she actually put that in there lol!) Recently I read something online about pectin enzyme and campden...