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Free Wine :shIf I should be so lucky to win and know nothing about wine kits, so far have only done country wines, peach ageing, and blueberry, and blackberri starting, I would like you to select what you think would be a good choice for a 1st attempt........thank you for the opportunity, now...

Bum ticker and all and I am still lifting my carboys at almost 75........just wanted you all to know there is still life after 70 so enjoy it........... Most memorable guard duty........Great Lakes Ill, navy boot camp, Feb 1959..............2 AM .......Stood guard, 4 hr watch on a Dempster...

Thanks for the help. It has no off odors, SG at the moment, just checked is between 099 and 1.0, three lines above .099 but short of 1.0. Tastes slightly sour. I did remove fruit at about 1.10 Deezil, I quit making wine last year, son in law was hitting it to hard, no wine, no problem. This...

:? A bit over a week ago, I was setting up a batch of Blackberri Wine, 5 gal. I put the berries in the fermenter and added peptic enzyme and sugar to 1.085 SG. Next morning before I could add yeast etc, I had a Dr's apt and figured I would finish when I got home.........Well, I did not get...

I thought bentonite was used for clearing the wine, why would you use it before fermentation is complete? As of this date I have always allowed my wines to clear by themselves, usually about 6 months into the process and racked 2 or 3 times. Then f paks and backsweetening and so far my wines...

Thank you, running wolf.......chuck

Some time back, there was a thread telling how to remove corks from inside :ib. I have some to remove and also a bung from a gallon jug. Thanks, chuck

REDBOATNY........thats a beautiful chinook salmon......the fish I miss the most is Lake Superior White Fish. Wade, that 3/0 treble is a tough customer when stuck in the palm of the hand......ouch.......nice striper though SarahRides..........nothing wrong with a chub if you enjoyed catching...

Been :fsh........Here is a pic of my catch, 11 lb Spring Chinook, also lost one. Washington Spring Chinook are the equal of Copper River Springs which due to cleaver marketing have become thought of as the best possible salmon available, often selling for twenty dollars a pound even in...

Around here at the moment, late winter/spring steelhead in some of the rivers and spring king salmon the best of the best, got zipped last week but will go out this coming wed and thurs, will try to post :pic if I am successful.....keep tuned.........PS...we don't stop fishing around here just...

:ftJust have to wait awhile, but this wine sure is pretty. Just in seconday so can still clear a bit more but almost there. Only made two Gals because of lack of fruit. Had one gal ziplock of Thimbelberrries and thre gal of red huckleberri. 1 st taste is a little tart, this one is going to...

I built a house on a piece of ground, 3 acres and one fall we had a huge crop of wild huckleberries, red, blue and black. After eating a ton of them I began to wonder what I could do with them.........crazy idea.........wine maybe, found jack keller and receipi and had at it. With the help of...

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:b I would have to agree with you all, great site, and I have learned a ton. I learn with every new post and sure enjoy my own fruit wines, have a friend with a vinyard and am thinking of making some of the grape wines this fall, and have the owner interested in making some wines as well. I...