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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?

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...

I have been reading alot on here and most people say to stabilize once you have the same sg reading three days in a row . But some of the kits I have done say to stabilize when it reaches 1.0 or less. So my question is can you treat other wines like a wine kit. I had a vintners harvest black...

Help I was making blackberry wine and I misread the directions on the calcium carbonate I was trying to raise the ph from 3.1 to 3.4 . I thought the direction said 2 tsp per gallon to raise ph by .1 so I added 3 ts per gallon to 7 gallons of must.21 tsps total. What it actually said was 2tsp per...

any body can chime in if they want. i am about to make 6 gallons of blackberry wine from almost pure blackberry juice obtained by steam juicing.i know that its diluted slighty because of the steam but i dont think its diluted that much.any way if i remember right i tested the ph and it was about...

TodAy was the clearing stage on my cellar craft red mountain cab kit and I accidentally added the chitosan first is it going to be ok? Do I need to do anything to it. Help is appreciated thanks

I am making vintners harvest black current ( 6 gallon batch with 2cans) the directions say after the second racking when specific gravity reaches 1.0-1.010 to add one Camden tablet per gallon. Doesn't that sound like to much . How much should I add ? Any help is much appreciated

I just racked my 6 gallons of apfelwein and I got confused and I think I put to much kmeta. I used just under 3/4 teaspoon . I think that may be double . Is it ruined please help

Hi guys i started some blackberry wine back in june made from smuckers blackberry jam.its been a little over three months and i checked sg today and it was at 1.001. shouldnt it be done by now.i used red star cote de blanc yeast. i tasted it and it was pretty good at its current sg.off dry i...

I have two gallons of joes ancient orange mead that has been clear a while now. I think its ready to bottle do i need to stabilize or can i just bottle it up?

Hi all im very new to wine making and just bottled my first batch (apfelwein). i have a few questions.the corks that came with my amazon kit were synthetic i believe (pic Below).I assumed they need to be sanitized like everything else so i put them in a star-san solution while i was geting...

Hi all last night I stabilized my apfelwein with 2.5 crushed campden and 2 1/2 ts k-sorbate then back sweetened a little to about 1.02 then syphoned from bucket back to carboy. Was planning to bottle Thursday so I can take a bottle or two out of town this weekend.Immediately after transferring I...