What does mold look like? I looked at my wine this morning and it's just finished it's high bubbling period and there looks like a tiny amount of, well I guess froth, right around the edges of the wine. Is that mold? Now I'm paranoid.
I figure I will make an additional gallon of raspberry from straight juice, with no water and top off with that, hopefully adding a more bold flavor, without affecting the alcohol.
so if I degas it, rack it again (there is still sediment) and top it up with raspberry juice, is it possible to add more taste without loosing the alcohol aspect and just making it juice? Or should I make a gallon of raspberry juice into wine and mix it in with my current wine?
I'm making a whopping five gallons. Don't ask why I made so much for my first try. Anyway, according to my measurements, my alcohol content should only be about 12% and that's probably what it is, is just tastes really strong. The color is a really rich, deep red which I like. I did add sugar...
I am making my first batch of wine right now. I decided on a raspberry wine recipe that looked good and started it from scratch. When the S.G reached 1.030, I racked it into my secondary carboy. It's been there for about 10 days. I checked the S.G. and it reads at 1.000. Now, from my first...