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I'm interested in making a raspberry habenero wine.im thinking of going with 6 pounds raspberries (frozen) for a 2 gallon batch. I will backsweeten thecwinecasxmy wife likes sweet wines. I've made beer with a half an habenero pepper in secondary and it had a hits of heat and that was a 5 gallon...

I transferred beer into secondary today and found 26 fruit flies in the airlock. None got in the beer but the little suckers were able tovgetvthrough the tiny holes in the air lock. Shocked the heck out of me. Hope none got in the concord wine. Pitched the yeast about 20 minutes ago.

Yeah, just realizing grapes are a different animal. Have made wines in past but elderberry or canned bases so assumed sugar addition would be same. Ended up adding just 1.5 pounds sugar for a 3 gallon batch using 25 pounds of crushed grapes. OG wa 1.070 but could be higher as cheesecloth bag...

Ok, here's what I did, aiming for 2.5 to 3 gallons of wine. Used a recipe I found as basis for mine. 25 pounds crushed Concord grapes 1 gallon hot water 1.25 pounds sugar 2.5 crushed Camden tablets 1 1/4 tsp yeast nutrient 2 1/2 tsp pectin enzyme Sanitized bucket with iodophor...

Where is the recipe referred to in this post? I have 25 pounds of Concord grapes and want to make 5 gallons.

I have about 25 pounds of destemped and washed Concord grapes I want to make wine with? I'd like to make about 4 to 5 Gallons and backsweeten if needed to make a sweet wine. I will be using a 5 gallon Carboy. I plan on crushing the grapes and putting them in the Carboy. Need help with the...