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Hello to all again, I am doing a huge batch of apple wine, 125 lbs. I have a few questions. First, can I keep the apples in multiple bags instead of having them free roaming in my container? 2nd question. I have a pH of 2.70 and a total acidity of .50%. my acid was lower but I added some...

Hello! I am making my first apple wine. I have Jack Keller's book and I have a question with the recipe. Directions say to chop apples, sprinkle with pectic enzyme, cover. Toss apples every 2-3 hours for 12 hours, mist with distilled water. (I used water with lemon juice). Next step calls for...

Hello, I harvested some Concord grapes this past fall, mashed them, removed the seeds & skins. My thought process in doing this was to not have such a high acid wine as the Concord grape can run high in acid. I did keep the seeds/skins as well, thinking that I might need them. After chatting...

Hello Fellow Winemakers, I am mixing up two batches at this time. When I get to this point I get stuck and am not sure if I know what I am doing. First Batch Minnesota had a good crop of grapes last year so I was lucky enough to pick some grapes off the vine, what type, I have no idea but...

Hello, I am from Central Minnesota and am thinking about planting a few grape vines just for my own use. My best location for these vines that gets optimum sun would be on the South side of a row of evergreen trees. We have heavy clay soil with about eighteen inches of black soil over the top...

Hello Fellow Wine Makers: Beginneer Wine Maker here. I read a very brief book on wine making about 5 years ago, realized it was more time than what I had to invest with working full time. I decided to wait till retirement to try again. After retiring I threw a wild grape wine together in the...

Hello, I just started a wild grape wine (beginner at winemaking), I've got the sugar, yeast nutrient, potassium metabisulfite & pectic enzyme added. Recipe from a beginner's wine making, said not to mess with the calcium carbonate till we get further into the winemaking process. After a few...

Hello, I have been playing with making wine over the past five years. I have come to find out that is was more time consuming than I had time for, so I put it on the back burner for when I had more time to devote to it. Now that I am retired I would like to put a little more effort into trying...