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I never really got the answer to that question but the concentrate is 65 brix . I suppose if you knew what brix blackberries are normally you could add water until you got to that number. I have read 10-13 brix for blackberries. I bought four half gallons and went ahead and tried it per the...

Started two five gallons of blackberry tonight. The directions made no mention of yeast nutrient .should I use them. The yeast that came with it is 71b-1122

I just read them they don't have you add k-meta ever all the way up to bottling. Kinda weird directions for sure

Wow mine came today do these have to be refrigerated and no directions do I use there directions from Online?

Anybody know how long it takes them to ship to Texas?

Regarding a hot ferment I live in houston Texas even with the ac on I will be between 70 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit not much I can do about that. Will it be ok?

Thanks guys I bought 4 containers . There prices are really good so ill run the first batch the way you guys suggest and I'll have plenty left to experiment with

Thanks for the comments guys. I'm trying to make my blackberry wine strong as if I pressed them and used no water. Is that the way your wine is with just a half gallon of concentrate plus water to make five gallons. What about the acid? on a pure blackberry you have to much acid .is that the...

hey guys and gals i want to start another pure juice blackberry. this time im going to use the juice concentrate from homewinery.com. i talked to the guy there on the phone and he said they come in 64 ounce container and that they are 68 brix.i asked him what strength they are and he said they...

I have a couple of batches of wine that are crystal clear after using superkleer. They have been clear for Bout three weeks. Just wondering if filtering is neccesary after superkleer . I want to bottle age as apposed to aging in plastic carboy. Thoughts?

i did go ahead and adjust it last night as it hadnt started fermenting yet so i think im ok this morning it was fermenting away. i will get a new probe for the other one and keep the new one so ill have back up.

By the way I did plan on backsweeten to 1.01

When I got home it had not started fermenting yet the yeast started to puff up ever so slightly. I check the ph and it was still 3.2 so I went ahead and adjusted it.will it be ok? The yeast got stirred up a bit. Will it just float back up and carry on. Should I pitch another pack thanks for the...

yesterday i started making another batch of blackberry using walkers juice (5 gallon pail) and i recently started a batch using pure juice. now this time i wanted to try a batch that was a little lighter so i diluted it to 7 gallons with water i then adjusted the specific gravity back up to...

Is this full enough or do I need more Cabernet.

Carboy

I was going to add more superferment at 1.050 but it fermented down to 1.030 very fast before I knew itso I added 2 teaspoons on Friday and Saturday I left to go out of town for the night came back today and its at 1.01 and doesn't appear to be doing anything. So I racked it to a 5 gallon carboy...

You know I don't remember it was last year maybe I didn't could that cause the smell? I think I did but didn't keep notes it was one of my first batches

Congrats I started a year ago and it's very addicting

Yes it was red star premier cuvee I think or Montrachet but it was racked from the primary and didnt happen for a couple of months