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Hello again friends. This strawberry wine problem has only gotten worse. It's truly terrible wine. It's currently a super sweet, syrupy, cloying, annoying wine that might only be good for making wine slushies. I had already added potassium sorbate and meta-k and its been sitting in bulk to...

I used hot water. That's what I needed to know. Thank you!!

Do you use campden tablets in the 1st 24 hours? I didn't see that ingredient in the standard recipe... I'm trying my first one only orange, mango, pineapple juice instead of any lemon juice. Should I have campden in there?

Hi there. I'm new ro winemaking and this is wine#2 I am working on today. I am starting a tropical dragon's blood wine based on traditional dragon's blood recipe but using different fruits and juices. I'm using a blend of orange, pineapple, and mango juices. I noticed that Danger Dave does not...

How long before this wine is clear and drinkable start to finish?

Having you folks to ask questions of, and you're nice to me despite my foibles, really is great. Thanks for making this a fun learning experience instead of a painful one.

The whole mixture of 4c sugar and 2 c water.

Its definitely plenty dry.. this makes so much more sense now. Thank you all so much! I decided to try to stop the fermentation now, so I can relax! I added the k-meta and sorbate and tomorrow I'll add a few tablespoons of white wine on top to make it just right in the carboy, then on the back...

I used 4 c sugar in 2 c water (2:1) in an almost full 5 gallon carboy. Can I use Potassium Metabisulfite and Potassium Sorbate now or just have to wait? I just retested it and the SG is at .994, so it went up a smidge. What am I looking for as I wait - for the SG to come back to .990 or lower...

Thank you all so much! I relate to this carboy multiplication post! And I'm going to start a dragons blood I think - great idea! I am actively gathering bottles. One more question and I will maybe leave you alone. I promise I am not ultra-anxious to consume this I am just truly wanting to not...

I racked mine over and it looks a lot cleaner, but even with keeping every bit of wine off the lees that I could, and adding some glass stones, there is too much space at the top in my 5 gallon carboy. So, if it is too stable to be adding sugar water to it and have it restart fermentation...

so i'm planning to add simple syrup tomorrow, but the SG has been .99 for several days. Is the yeast still alive enough to add sugar now? seems like it has quit.

That's right - actually the first strawberries were in a mesh bag, and then (I have to admit my boo boo) I found the other strawberries that I had for the wine in my other freezer and realized I had forgotten about 1/2 the fruit I planned. (eek!). So I added the other strawberries, mushed and...

My strawberry wine has a LOT of sediment at the bottom. It has only been sitting there since I racked it into this carboy 4 days ago. I don't think I did a very good job straining it. I was so worried about getting too much oxygen in it that I didn't pour it through anything. I just skimmed the...

thank you!!