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I have a wine I made from 4 cans Welch's white grape/peace per gallon(6 gallon), and a 49oz can of VH peach concentrate from may-2013. It has been bulk aging since then with the occasional racking/sulphiting. It is quite clear, and has a nice color. When I take a sip I get a decent peace flavor...

I started a batch of welchs on 2/3/14. 6 gallon batch with 8 lbs of frozen blueberry and 1 lb of chopped raisins. S-G -1.009, rc212 . Transferred to secondary at 1.002 and now, almost a month later I still see fermentation in the carboy via bubbles and occasional activity in the airlock, and a...

winexpert's island mist green apple Riesling? It sounds tasty :HB I'm guessing it will come with ec-1118 I was thinking of using d-47...any thoughts?

I'm thinking about ordering two 96 oz vint.harvest strawberry fruit base, and throwing in a few lbs of frozen strawberries at an attempt to make strawberry wine,,,has anyone tried anything like this? on a side note, I'm considering buying Italian Pinot Grigio (World Vineyard) kit. Has anyone...

Hello all, So the first wine I attempted to make began this past March. A simple concord grape with Ec1118, sugar to a SG of 1.065. It has a nice flavor, but the problem I'm having is a seemingly never ending amount of co2. I have tried degassing with a whip and quite a few runs...

Hello all! I love pineapple, and I was wondering if anyone has a recipe for making some pineapple wine from frozen chunks you would by in a bag from a grocery store, I can get it at a reasonable price from Costco. I tried searching for some recipes but everything I find uses canned or fresh...

I've been reading through some of the different variations of SP and DB and they all seem tasty. I'm interested in trying the Jet blue version...is it literally the same as DB just all frozen blueberries? Since SP/DB is relatively fast, can most wines be done in the same manner? After all...

I made a batch of SP, and I'm pleased with the result. My question is seeing as how the real-lemon juice has sodium benzoate, and sulfites how are we able to achieve fermentation...doesn't the benzoate act like k-sorbate and stun yeast?

Hello all, I'm writing to thank everyone for their advice. I'm coming up on the 3 month mark since my first attempt at wine, A simple concord grape. As many of you have said, 3 months has made a HUGE difference. I was worried when I tasted the wine at about a month, and now it's...

hello all, I just bought 6 gallons of Chilean Malbec juice from my local produce importer. I'm looking for some advice on how to proceed...I'm still new and have made a batch of Welch's, DB, SP, and have a couple other things bulk aging, but I have never bought a pail of juice...

hello all, I posted a thread about a wine tasting good, but having that all to recognizable rotten egg smell. I splash racked a couple times and the smell has decreased quite a bit. I bought some 3/8 copper tubing often used in refrigeration, and I'm wondering if I clean and...

I live in the Northeast and summer is on its way. I'm looking for a place to store/age my young wines (I'm very new to this) I have a house with a old cellar that is dark and dry, but the temperature seems to be at a constant of 60 by my readings for the past week or so. Is this too warm of a...

I have a batch of DB which is about a month old. I gave it a taste, and it's pretty good especially for one of the first things I've made, but it has a strong sulfur smell....so it smells bad, but tastes good...? any thoughts anyone? Any way to correct this?

5 gallon blueberry bliss taken from Jswordy... not sure what to use, any suggestions?

which yeast would you recommend?

After spending a large part of my day bent over wine trying to degas with a wine whip, my back is killing me. I'm wondering....generally speaking because I realize there are a lot of variables, how long does a 5 or 6 gallon carboy need to age to naturally degas/clear? Also, degassing takes a...

I have 2 packages of 30 corks. One came in a cornucopia kit, the other came in a starter kit from Crosby/baker. One set is slightly shorter with vs1 on the cork, the other is a picture of grapes and is slightly longer and thinner. Any idea how I figure out what bottles to use with these corks...

I've been having a difficult time with Lon's skeeter pee from the start(followed his recipe exactly). I finally got it to start fermenting after three days of fiddling with it. After about 6 days I took a reading..1.030 I figured I would rack into secondary. Once I did, it seemed to stop...

I was just throwing together a must for merlot. I got 2 cans of alexander's sun country (is this a good brand by the way?) and I added campden before tannin/pectin/nutrient/energizer...I usually let everything sit for 24hrs then add campden, then wait again before yeast. From what I've read, the...

I found 4lbs oh blueberries in my freezer, and I bought 4lbs frozen pineapple on sale....anyone ever do something with these two? Anyone ever make a blueberry/pineapple wine? Is it any good?