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Gallon and half gallon jugs works well for our after the dirt track race parties every weekend. Less bottles to wash, and nobody cares what the container is, as long as the wine tastes good............ We save the bottled stuff for more formal get togethers. We've converted a lot of new wine...

2/3 lemon and 1/3 lime is the favorite around here, tho I've thought about trying half & half. I would try that before doing all lime, I think, unless it was like a gallon batch. With just a gallon you could always mix it with SP if it was too strong. Somebody try it and let us know! lol

Aw heck, if it goes that quick no use clarifying anyway. Just let em drink it like it is. That's what I do. lol. It tastes just as good, just not as pretty. If your friends didn't like it that way, they'd not drink it so fast. SP is meant to be enjoyed. Have a great camping trip!

I've made batches from both at the same time to compare, and found the Real -Lemon juice has a much better taste. IMO, the Real Lemon brand is worth the extra money.

Sarah, I'm guessing it was the solids in the 2 cans of lemonade concentrate that kept it from clearing..

Instead od BYOB, it will be BYO MIO, lol

Well, I just checked out the MIO website. FYI, It is sweetened with sucralose if that makes any difference to you. (Some say not to use artificial sweeteners if you age it, which probably don't make much difference to most of us, since Pee don't usually last long anyway). It also says i...

I have been seeing that advertised and was thinking about trying it. It does sound like it would work to add some different flavors for us to try. A friend has been wanting me to make him some watermellon wine, and the only time I tried that it wasn't good. Strawberry Watermellon SP might...

Cranberry Lemon/Lime SP seems be the favorite around here with everyone. We tried adding some White grape/Peach juice to it that was pretty good also, but so far haven't found any concentrate of that in our local stores.

Yes, very interesting to see how these turn out. They sound good to me.

We have been just using a starter, and then substituting the last bottle of lemon with 2 15 oz. bottles of Realime, and after it clears back sweetening with cranberry/pom, etc. That has worked out really well so far. I think I may try back sweetening with some cherry/pom concentrate this time...

Welcome, Winebreath! You've got some healthy looking batches going there. I'm envious! Did you start the new flavors with slurries or add the blueberry, cherry/lime, and cranberry juice after the SG got down to .050? They look great!

Linda, it seemed to take forever to get all the gas out of my second batch. It took a lot longer and much more stirring. I still don't know what the difference between it and my first batch was, unless it was because the must was at a cooler temp, but the second one was harder to degas.

We add the cranberry concentrate to our lemon/lime pee after clearing. The slight clouding is offset by the nice red color and it eliminates a few of the days waiting to bottle.

You can call it poo-pee pea-pee..... ;)