Well I got fermentation this morning. I should learn to be more patient. Thanks for the help.
Thought I posted this earlier but I must have got distracted!
I started concord grape from Vintners best. It is the gallon jug of fruit wine base. I added 4 gallons of water and the gallon of Vintners in a primary. Mixed for 2 minutes Checked the SG, it was at 1.075. Temp was about 71. Pitched the yeast. This was 2 days ago and I have no fermentation. My...
Ok. The strawberry was started from a can of Vinters harvert. It was 96 oz of fruit and I added 2 quarts of fresh berries. Starting SG was at 1.099
The P/M was started with 9# each of mango and pineapple. I used 18 quarts of water and added 10# of sugar. The SG on this was at 1.120
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I have made a few kits and have turned out some decent wine. With that said, every time I try to make wine from scratch it seems to have a very heavy alcohol taste. I am following directions according to the recipes that I get online from reputable sites. Is this because it just needs to bulk...