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Okay, i just measure the SP and it is 1.000, maybe a little under, but not by very much at ALL. Can i go ahead and add the final ingredients? What do I do?

Okay, so I started an Island Mist kit and it is now in the secondary. When I started the secondary I put in 4 lbs of sugar to up the alcohol content. Well that was 2 weeks ago and it is still fermenting. When i give the carboy a little shake, it bubbles like crazy. So, here is my...

I used to use Belknap Reserve for the wine name since that is the street that I live on. I am now moving to Tampa Fl, and would like a fun name for my wine. Any Ideas????? Here is a lable that I just made for a wine that I will start when I move toFlorida next month.

Could some one give me step by step intructions for how to add sugar to up that alcohol content in a Green Apple Reisling by Island Mist? Thanks a bunch!!!

My brother bottled a batch of strawberry wine. about a month later, all of the bottles exploded. Some one told him that when you make fruit wines and back sweeten, it reactivates the yeast and causes it to start fermenting again, thus creates so much pressure that the corks blow off of the...

When I am looking at wine recipes and it says that it is MEAD, what does that mean? I am looking that sweet honey wine recipe on the FVW recipe page. THANKS!

Has anyone made coffee wine?? I just saw the recipe on the recipes page of FVW and was curious what this would taste like. ANY ADVICE????

NEVERMIND I JUST READ THE THREAD BELOW WITH THE SAME QUESTION! I am doing this using my tea kettle. But it seems to take a minute or two for the wrapper to srink up and it is getting bubbles in it. Could some one tell me in detail how to do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Edited by: eduk8or

I just bottled the Blackberry Cabernet Island Mist wine. I did my specific gravity readings at the beginning and the end of my process. The first reading was 1.051 and the final was 1.16 So what is my alcohol content???

This is my firts attempt at my wine label!

The guy that own the local brew store told me to just leave it alone and it will go down. Is that true?

is it supposed to overflow like this?? If not, WHAT DO I DO?????

I am new to wine making and just started my first wine kit tonight. I made sure I sanitized everything, but i did not sanitize the pitcher i used to fill the fermintaion bucket. Is that bad????

Can I make one gallon worth of wine in a 5 or 6 gallon carboy????? I am just wondering if I sould even worry about getting the one gallon carboys.

Where can I find 1 gallon glass carboys for free?????

I found this on ebay. Do you think it would be enough equipment to get me started? Thanks for everyones help!!!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=017&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=270063216279&rd=1&rd=1 One more Question. What is...

I am not wanting to use wine kits to make my wine. So how do I go about making wine (that is fairly inexpensive) from fruit?? Fruits that i like : Strawberry, Cranberry, Pear, Apple, Raspberry) Thanks!

Okay, I am ready to start making my own wine. but, looking at the beginners equipment kit, i was wondering if it is really necessary to buy Everything that comes with the kit. Can anyone tell me exactly what i need, as far as equipment to start making my first batch of wine. And are there items...

when reusing bottles, is there any certan way that I need to clean them to ensure that they are in fact clean? Thanks! I thought I would go ahead and start saving my bottles for when i start making wine.

What is ice wine? How expensive it is?? Edited by: eduk8or