Recent content by Carrie Smith

I’ve added raspberries to Skeeter Pee a few times for raspberry lemonade. It’s really good. I have a batch of chocolate raspberry that I recently bottled. It shows lots of promise.

My last Skeeter Pee seemed to stall too. I was planning on fortifying it so it wasn’t a problem for me. My current batch also seemed to stall. It has gone for days without the hydrometer reading seeming to move. I could still see a few bubbles though, so this time I just waited. Mine has been...

My FW Sauvignon is 5 months old and it’s still the color of strong ice tea. My friend calls it Bourbon Wine because it’s so dark and oaky. I don’t like my white wines with oak so this is not my favorite.

Thank you! I'm really looking forward to trying this. If I am adding vanilla "to taste" do you think the vanilla flavor will intensify or mellow as it ages? I'll only age it 3 to 6 months.

Do you have any advice on adding vanilla to a Winexpert 6 gallon Chardonnay kit? When to add and how much?

I degassed my SB and added the clearing agents on on Monday. It still has a ways to go but it’s definitely clearing.

Amazon advertised it as "Are you tired of carboys? Hate siphoning to transfer? Wish you could ferment larger batches in a single container?" There's a Canadian product called UWinemaker that seems similar and it's claiming to be an all-in-one winemaker and I thought that's what this is. Guess...

I am using a Speidel for the first time. I couldn’t find any directions anywhere. I am using it for white wine kits. Can you give me any guidance? Does the wine stay in it from start to finish? Do you de-gas it per the kit instructions and stir all the lees back into the wine? How long would...