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After waiting patiently for 5 months I decided Saturday morning was the time bottle my first batch of apple/cranberry wine. I wash the bottles, soak the corks, carefully sanitize and lay everything out when it happened. Raising the carboy to a higher level for better siphoning it slipped out of...

We started this stuff back in late September as a 5-gallon batch using cider. I accidentally put way too much sugar in so I split it around November into two, 5-gallon batches. One I topped of with untreated apple juice and one with untreated cranberry juice. I racked the stuff every 4 weeks...

Early October I started 5 gallons of apple wine and 5 gallons of apple cranberry. I've racked it twice after removing it from the primary and will probably rack again soon. Most of the time there is a steady ring of small bubbles at the top of the liquid, but occasionally I notice about 3/8" of...

I got away from wine making for a few decades and it seems things have gotten more complicated. Which is why I'm here. This spring my daughter came to me and said "Dad, I'd like to try some dandelion wine this year." "Starting a little late aren't you?" I asked. "Why, she replied, It's only...