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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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/...

Selection wine kits Anyone have experience with the Selection wine kits? This is what my LBS carries. Curious to know if they're good quality or not. Thinking about the merlot or pinot noir. Thanks.

Some of my rookie mistakes and speedbumps have been documented well enough in other threads but everything is going great now thanks everyone's help on here. This is our first attempt at making wine and the raspberries are unbelievable right now so we figured we'd give them a shot. Here's the...

This is my first batch and I've searched the forum and couldn't find a specific recommendation for next steps in my situation. I used a proven recipe, but I now know that my SG was too high at 1.12 when I added the yeast. It's been 48 hours and I have absolutely no signs of fermentation. The...

Hi all. I just mixed up my first attempt at homemade wine and it didn't take long to hit a speedbump. I'm making it with Raspberries. I added my yeast yesterday and this morning I discovered small white worms floating on the surface and in the must - fruit fly larvae presumably from eggs that...