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I just found a coupon for 50 cents off a container of Ocean Spray cranberry pineapple juice. I have made several large batches of cranberry wine from Ocean Spray plus concentrates & occasionally include fresh fruit, but I cannot imagine a combo with pineapple. Has anyone ever tried this...

I am always amazed by the level of culiinary and chemical analysis skills this group has, so thought it would be a good place to ask for opinions on these pans. My main concern is knowing that copper when combined with wine releases a lot of copper. I ran wine thru copper pipe once to remove...

Hi all I just found out who the new contact guy is for purchasing fall juice buckets at Listermann's Brewing Company in Cincinnati. I guess his name is Wil because the contact info is [email protected] They have been a great place not only for the buckets but for all needed...

Hi all Just wanted to share that Label Peelers is having a 30% off storewide (except for forced priced items) right now till 2/29. I needed a few items a couple days back and compared prices all over the place as one item was pricy. I finally ordered late Wednesday evening, and opted to get...

Hi all I have a large amount of CA chard made with added fruit (pawpaws, asian pears, gooseberries, all light flavors) that I split into 2 6 gal secondaries and have been doing battonage on only 1 in order to compare. Yeast was D47. BUT I just realized I put bentonite into primary on day 3...

Hi all I need to get some red concentrate to help boost flavor in a red wine in primary ferment. I would prefer a big flavor that should be made dry. I've not been able to find any info about the Italian Red concentrate, and am hoping for some feedback from someone who has tried it. Or...

Hi all I've tried searching many diff ways and can't find that thread again anywhere! Search engine won't accept many words as too short, or too common, so I get pages of unrelated threads even when I ask it to only search thread titles. I wanted to review this great thread to help pick a...

Hi all Has anyone made wine from Goldbeere Elderberries? I make mostly white wine, but I think throwing in some elderberries would upgrade some blends I've made in the past. I'd rather keep it looking white than blush, so Goldbeere would be my only choice. The price buying these bushes is...

Hi everyone I've always loved cheese, so learning to make it is a natural step for me. I am new, not yet made anything, but typical to my nature I've read everything I could get my hands on and have a good supply of necessary tools and ingredients already. Anyway, I ran across a vid I...

Hi all Just got back from my LBH and it turns out they will have Chilean juice buckets delivered if preordered. These buckets come from Luva Bella, and seem very reasonably priced to me. Anyway, if they don't get enough orders they will need to cancel the shipment, so thought it might help...

I have determined that I have a leak in my 6.9 gal fermenting bucket. The last couple batches I did I thought I had a wicking problem with the cover cloth when it drooped into the top of the wine. But the last batch I made totally sticky grossed out the fleece blanket I had over the heating pad...

Hi all I read all i could in the formulas etc and maybe the answer is there but I couldn't figure out how to calc for the answer I need. I recently bought a good PH reader so know for certain the ph of the wine I'm trying to correct by blending. I have 6 gals of wine with ph 2.63. I plan to...

Hi you wonderful techie folks I do understand how to calculate ABV, but that seems to be based on wine ending at 1.00. I ferment to dry, and often hit .992. Does that mean my wine is slightly higher ABV than if it ferments to 1.00? Pam in cinti, gently buzzed from taste testing 2 carboys...

Hi all Really a novice here and I just realized that instead of mixing the sorbate into cold water and then adding to wine I just tossed the measured dose of crystals into the top of the carboy. I did this just over a month ago to my first one gallon batches, Crangrape and Cranberry Orig...

Hi I'm a newbie and I just noticed my thermometer (Beer and Wine Floating Thermometer by Alla made in France) has broken housing at the non business end top. What looks to be the working parts inside are still intact. Not counting broken glass shards in wine concerns does anyone know if...