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Has anybody ever made red currant wine? How many pounds per gallon did you use. Did it turn out? I love black currant thinking of trying the red to see if it turns out. Thanks for the help.

Walmart has sparkling apple cider for a dollar a bottle. Can you make wine out of something that is carbonated? Thanks for the help.

What would be the best fruit to use for a port wine?

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I just started my elderberry wine the other day. I have one question for you guys that have made it before. Does it stink when you make it? It smells like weeds or grass a real weird smell. Has anybody had this. It's on the second day of fermenting. Thanks for the help.

What do you guys think of this idea? I was planning on making a batch of elderberry wine. With the seconds I was going to buy a can of Vitners Harvest blackberry base and Make that into the five gallons. I know that will be weak in flavor but I was then going to put the elderberries into that to...

I never picked elderberries yet I would like to know how many pounds of berries you get off of a average bush. I have found about five bushes and I was wondering if I should keep looking. Thanks

Hi Julie do you think you could post your recipe for the blueberry pomegrante wine. Thanks alot. John

Ok so I got my gravity level down to 1.085 and it did make 5 gallons. I do not have a acid test kit right now. So would you add the acid blend or should i wait on that? Would you put in any pectic enzyme? Sorry about all the questions I am sill really new to this wine making stuff but boy it is...

I just bought 3 gallons of cherry juice. I will have to add water to it so it should come out to be about 5 gallons. Can anybody help me out with a recipe. My specific gravity reading in the juice was 1.140. So i will have to water it down to get a reading at 1.085. Do i need to add tannin...

Ok I have a question about the slurry. I have made two wines now and the third is in the primary right now. The first two wines i made were a citris and a strawberry. When i racked these first two wines into the carboy I did not have any kind of sludge on the bottom. I have a mixed berry in the...

No I did not pitch the yeast yet I will do that at 8:00 p.m. tonight. Anybody have any advise about witch yeast to use. The reading this morning is up to 1.090 I hope this is not to high.

Ok thanks for the help I added 2.5 more cups of sugar and got it up to 1.082. I have one more question for you guys. Since I am new to this I don't Know the difference between yeast. Witch one would you use I have red star pasteur red, paseur champagne or I have lalvin k1-v116 and ec-1118. What...

I just started a mixed berry wine. I started with 12 pounds of berries. Blackberry, raspberries and blueberries. It called for 6# of sugar and this is for 3 gallons. I took my first hydrometer reading and it was at 1.060. I put 2# more of sugar in and it came up to 1.075. My question is do i...

Do you have to cover your carboys up with a shirt or blanket or is that only for beer. Sorry for the stupid question? GO PACK GO

If I am using step one to sanitize my stuff can you put it in a bottle or tupperwear dish and reuse it the next day? If so how long can you use it. I have to stir my primary twice a day and it seems silly to make a new batch every time. Thanks

No i dont make olives just eat alot of them. GO PACK GO............

Hi this is my very first attempt at making wine. I would like to know if i am doing things right so far. This is the recipe. 9 lemons 3 campden 9 oranges 3 gallons of water 9 grapefruit yeast and yeast starter. 9#sugar I peeled all the fruit with a potato...