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    Other Vintners Best - fruit wine base (fruit juice)

    This is my process on backsweeting works weii for me im a ole beer drinker so i like sweet. when i put on the vintners kit i put 2 and half teaspoons of yeast nutrient if kept at a warm temp it will work off in 2 weeks at this time i rack and put sorbate and potassium met. takes mine 2 weeks to...
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    Other Vintners Best - fruit wine base (fruit juice)

    Mine turns out well, but I like a sweet wine I always backsweeten to my taste . Ive also used less water and made it with more flavor and around 12 percent other than 10 percent. Not everybody is the same you can tweek it to your taste. Good Luck!
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    Carboy bung slipping out.

    I have found if you take a piece of paper towel and place down in beside the bung it takes care of this issue. just dry it well then take a small piece of paper towel it should work ,does the trick for me.
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    alcohol difference between vintners juices base gallon

    I'm thinking 2 four gallon batches I have a three and a 5 gallon carboy I also have 2 kits in stock.
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    alcohol difference between vintners juices base gallon

    That would be way to high, I thought about that and it makes sense using half the water it would double, 4 gallon would be about right but i don't have a 4 gallon carboy and i don't like any space in my carboy. Thanks for the information.
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    alcohol difference between vintners juices base gallon

    Im looking to make a 3 gallon kit out of vintners elderberry 128 0z juice base, I would like to know if anyone would know the difference in percentage of alcohol I know a 5 gallon kit is 10 percent so a 3 gallon should be around 13 with more flavor. Im sure others has done this any pointers...
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    What to do when you try to kill your wine off to early ?

    I was having trouble getting my grape wine to finish working it was stuck at 1010 around there every other time it would do the same thing so I would just use sorbate and it seemed to always work before,but this time it wouldn't clear so after 2 weeks I stuck it out in the cold cellar for a week...
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    Vintners Best Elderberry fruit wine base

    I have made many gallons of this I just follow directions then backsweeten with a couple pd of sugar to 1015-1020 then give it a month or 2 to age you can drink it right away but its better with a little time i like a sweet wine. You can not taste alot of the elderberry in it but it is still...
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    Carbonated Pee

    Can you pasteurize it like cider boil water to 190 then place it in for 10 mins.? I dont know I thought about it.
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    How many gallons of Lon D's Skeeter Pee have been made?

    lets see looks like 30 gallon from jangel 60 gallon from aricticsid and 5 gallon from james would be 95 gallon 1448+95=1543 should be correct?
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    Skeeter Tea

    not here but sounds good let us know how it turns out
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    SP is a hit with every......

    flavor mine with koolaide black cherry and peach mango goes quick
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    How many gallons of Lon D's Skeeter Pee have been made?

    1329 plus 50=1379 I have made 50 gallons last year and this year
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    sweetening

    I always let mine lack a little of the sweetness i want,I like it a tad tart after i drink it for a while.
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    Books on Making Fruit Wine

    I have this book also,but i check most of my recipes from the book "The joy of home winemaking by terry garey"
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