Okay, I'm gonna try it. I'm going to try to make a fruit wine.
I got all the ingredients I need to make a gallon of wine. But before I get started, I need to ask you experts out there a few questions...
1. Crushing - I have had my blueberries in the freezer for a week. After they thaw, what is the prefered method to crush? Would a blender be okay to use?
2. Camden - I don't have camden tablets, but I do have Pot-meta. What would be the equivalent amount of Pot-meta tomake one camdentablet?
3. What is the conversion of Pounds of sugar to volume? In other words, I don't have a scale, so howdo I use my measuring cups to get 1.75 pounds of sugar?
4. I think I understand the acid testing. Exactly when do I do the acid test? Before the yeast?
5. The recipe I have does not mention a starting SG. What would you recommend?
6. Would you recommend heating my ingredients together to aid in disolving sugar and extracting juice from the berries?
Thanks for the help! I will try to post pictures so you can see if I am doing things right (besides, if my wife knows the pictures will be posted on the web, she will clean so that none of you think that we have a messy house.)
I got all the ingredients I need to make a gallon of wine. But before I get started, I need to ask you experts out there a few questions...
1. Crushing - I have had my blueberries in the freezer for a week. After they thaw, what is the prefered method to crush? Would a blender be okay to use?
2. Camden - I don't have camden tablets, but I do have Pot-meta. What would be the equivalent amount of Pot-meta tomake one camdentablet?
3. What is the conversion of Pounds of sugar to volume? In other words, I don't have a scale, so howdo I use my measuring cups to get 1.75 pounds of sugar?
4. I think I understand the acid testing. Exactly when do I do the acid test? Before the yeast?
5. The recipe I have does not mention a starting SG. What would you recommend?
6. Would you recommend heating my ingredients together to aid in disolving sugar and extracting juice from the berries?
Thanks for the help! I will try to post pictures so you can see if I am doing things right (besides, if my wife knows the pictures will be posted on the web, she will clean so that none of you think that we have a messy house.)