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    Figs

    Have approx. 3 gallons of fresh brown figs. I am looking to make a three gallon batch but know this I really short on figs. I was thinking a fig & ??? mix. Can anyone tell me a good fruit to add with the figs and/or a fig receipe they have tried. I have never made fig wine.
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    Peach Recipe advise

    I have 28 lbs of peaches in the freezer,(that is total weight after seed removal and cutting up, skind on). I want to make a 3 gallon batch and have a need for a GOOD recipe. I also have a few questions: 1. How do you account for the sugar in the peaches when adding your sugar. I want a 8%...
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    Kit suggestions

    I really did not know where this post should be so I put it here. I am new to kits and wine making in general and am fond of the StoneHill Winery's Norton (This is a robust, deeply colored, dry red wine with distinctive Norton varietal character. Aged for one year in French, Hungarian &amp...
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    RJ Spagnols Norton

    I am new to kits and wine making in general and am fond of the StoneHill Winery's Norton (This is a robust, deeply colored, dry red wine with distinctive Norton varietal character. Aged for one year in French, Hungarian & American oak barrels, this wine shows a complex mix of fruit, spice and...
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    Need Blueberry help

    I have 20lbs of blueberries and want to make a medium body wine with 6% to 8% APV. I can handle how to get the alcohol by an SG of 1.06 to 1.07 but what is the best Blueberry Recipe you have and can I get a three gallon batch with this amount of fruit? Thanks ahead of time.
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    Low Alcohol wines

    Wife likes 6% alcohol wines. I have a gallon of strawberry that will finish at around 6% to 7%. Is there any short term, 1-2 years,storage problems with these low alcohol wines? Will be bottled and corked. Also is there anything special I should do in the making process?
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    Mayhaw Wine

    I am from Louisiana and have access to lots of Mayhaws. For those who do not know, they are kinda like wild crabapples and make a great syrup and jelly. I have a 5 gallon batch of Mayhaw wine that is in its 2nd week in the secondary, still bubbling away. I have not seen any references to this...
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    Fast Fermentation on Pee

    I started my first batch on 05/31 using the extensively discussed reverse method. Pitch Red Star Monarch yeast about 8 am that morning with a SG of 1.7. On 6/1 at 6 am I had major action so I put 1/2 of first bottle RealLemon in and wisked good, that evening at 6:30 pm I still had major action...
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