Recent content by cooltouch

Thanks for the feedback. Hey, all I have to lose is the price of a half-gallon of grape juice and the price of a couple of bunches of grapes. I'm using 1 gallon containers that previously contained distilled water, which I now keep instead of throwing them away when they're used up. I may be a...

I ran across an interesting situation several weeks ago. I had a bit of leftover grape juice from some homemade wine I'd made, using baker's yeast. Which actually turned out to pretty good, but that's another story. What was interesting was, when I opened the bottle it gave off a woosh! of...

Well, a few weeks have gone by since I mixed up my Frankenstein batch of fruit juices, sugar, and baker's yeast. Today, I decided to decant a portion and give it a taste test. First off, you guys need to understand that I am not a connoisseur. When I buy wine, typically I gravitate toward the...

Well, you have to balance the amount of time you're willing to invest against the amount of money you're willing to invest. You guys are making your points about doing things the accepted way, okay? But as I wrote above, I did try this once before using grape juice and the result was a...

Hey Thig, yeah I'll be sure to let y'all know, especially if Tom S's predictions are accurate. Personally I don't think I'm heading for disaster. Tom's advice is well-intentioned and no-doubt scrupulously accurate, but I am intentionally ignoring it as I try my first batches of wine. Why...

Hey Thig, you guessed it. I'm not hoping for anything even worth the designation "vintage" associated with it. I'm just more interested in getting the process going. Yeah, I agree about the fruit and all. Same thing is true for wine used for cooking, as you no doubt know. If it ain't good wine...

I have -- ready for this? --- four empty plastic gallon jugs that used to house distilled water, a bag of balloons, and a whole lot of yeast. Besides the fruit and sugar, that is. Where would one obtain "pectic enzyme"? I'm thinking my local Kroger probably doesn't carry it.

Okay, I've never made wine before, but I've d/l'd a few simple recipes from the Internet that I feel are good enough to get me started. Once I've got a few bottles under my belt, I'll be more interested in fine-tuning things. So anyway, what got me started thinking about making wine most...

This looks like the place to be. I signed up mostly because I would like to learn more about making my own wines. I don't consider myself to be a connoisseur of wine; I just know what I like and that's good enough for me. Now if I could make a wine that I also like, then that would just be...