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I make mulberry wine every year with fruit for my tree and use the slurry and a little of the wine to start the pee. It's unbelievable.

Awesome. Thanks! Very helpful article.

There was an article on fruit wine making that went up not too long after this website started an article section. It was about making full bodied fruit wines with minimal water and sugar. It had a couple pictures of fruit in a fermenter that looked like a dark garbage can - that's about all I...

Yes. Trust me, no one is more surprised than me. It stayed on the fruit until I racked it into the secondary. I'd have to check my notes but I think it was about 5 days. SG was 1.085 and the yeast was 71B. Compared to other berries I've fermented, it seems that mulberries are very strong...

A follow-up to my mulberry wine making.... Racked batches 1 and 2. Racked this weekend and tasted both. Very interesting that the batch with less berries but fermented on the loose fruit turned out much better than the one on more fruit but bagged and removed after a few days. Mouth feel...

Thanks guys. I was at 1.015 this morning so I'll probably be racking tonight or in the morning. They both taste great so I don't anticipate any ill effects from the wild yeast. Interestingly, tasted at this stage I notice very little difference between the one made with 6lbs vs. 9 lbs. I...

I came up a little short on berries to do a 6 gallon batch so I decided to do some experimenting with 3 separate 1 gallon batches. Batch 1 - 6 lbs fruit (fruit loose in primary) Batch 2 - 9 lbs fruit (fermented on the fruit but bagged) Batch 3 - 12 lbs fruit (not yet started but will probably...

Really appreciate everyone's advice. Thought I'd have enough for a full 6 gallons but some heavy storms have ended my mulberry picking season. Planning on two one-gallon batches to test recipes then hopefully make a larger batch next year if I can gather enough fruit. My mulberries are large...

Interesting....I hope that works! Thank you.

My mulberry tree is putting out like crazy this year and I've got a good stock of berries in the freezer. I read in some of the other mulberry threads that the stems have too much tannin to leave them on. There's no way I'm removing the stems from that many berries and I don't have a steam...

Made the peach wine..... I pulled the pulp bags at 1.01 (Day 4) and on Day 6 it was at .996. I racked from the two primaries to the carboy and ended up with 8 gallons! It took about 11 pounds of suger to get the SG right and I added exactly 5 gallons of water. I thought for sure I'd end up...

I'm not a mead expert by any stretch, but in the big scheme of things, yeast is yeast is yeast. I'm sure it will be just fine. Many a good batch of wine turned out because of a happy accident. You never know.....

Off and running.... Followed all the advice above and started the primaries last night. Ended up using 32 lbs of peaches. That will save 10lbs for the fpac. SG was 1.087 and temp was 76. It was a pain getting the sugar right since all I have are macs and the winecalc program is only for...

Bottling question.... I started my first batch of JAOM on July 4th and it's perfectly clear and a few of the raisins are starting to drop. Took a little sample this weekend and it tastes awesome. I used local honey that was very sweet and was probably mostly wildflower honey if I had to...

Would it be ok to use a 7 gallon primary for 1 gallon batches? Obviously, I'll have a lot more surface area per volume - is that a big deal? I figure I'll use almost 2 gallons of space with the fruit. I'm not having luck finding a 2 gallon primary without getting ripped on the shipping cost...

I need to buy one of those stirrers to attach to my drill I guess. I have just used a long spoon to degas as best I could before racking - stirring as hard as I could for a couple minutes. That probably didn't do a good enough job. Thanks for the help!

It was stabilized with kmeta and sorbate when the fermentation was complete. It sat on the sediment for about 3 weeks as it cleared and I racked it. There has been no additional sediment since then and it's very clear. So is the advice to splash rack it? If so, should I pour it from the...

My 6 gal. of rasberry has been in the carboy for 6 weeks with one rack about 3 weeks ago. It's been stable for almost 5 weeks. The one racking was done with a siphon. I took a sample this weekend and it has just the faintest smell of sulphur when you put your nose in the glass. It tastes...

Definitely add absorbic acid, vacuum pack or suck as much air as possible out of the zip locks (using a straw works almost as good as a low end vacuum sealer). Put the bags of peaches in the fridge before freezing. Getting the peaches cold in the fridge before transferring to the freezer will...

Peaches came on big time this week - picked up 60lbs @ $1/lb. Obviously, we can't eat that many so...... Based on Tom's peach wine recipe and adjusted for 6 gallons....here's the game plan and a couple questions. Please critique my plan.... 30 lbs. peaches pitted, sliced, frozen w/...