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I have 5 gal of apple wine ready and instead of bottling I'd like to keg it. My question is about a wine facet and do I really need one? I have Perlick beer faucets on my keezer now they are all stainless steel is there something I'm overlooking?

I think I'll throw a vanilla bean in after next racking and then do some experimenting with extract at bottling. I'm not sure an F-pac would do the trick on this one though.

I started a Bannana wine because the store where I shop sells what they call over ripe bannanas for .25lb I've never had bannana wine before and don't know what to expect. I didn't follow any recipes just threw in some of the generic stuff like any other fruit wine. It's out of the fermenter...

Yep, She said that the Cynthiana's were all spoken for.

I'm still planning on putting in vines in the back yard in the spring. I've been doing research so I don't run into problems. I have found out that I live in an area that has P/D. I got hold of Sue at Double A Vineyards and she said that Cynthiana is the only one that she knows of that is...

Thanks for the input. That's great stuff

I have a blackberry wine that I made and a friend said that if I add brandy to it, it will be a port. Is that true and if so, how much do you add per750ml bottle? I wouldn't mind experimenting with a bottle or 2

I have 2 5gal carboys that I thought had cracks accross the bottom but after close inspection, the cracks (or what I thought) were the same. I think it is a manufacturing defect. They are the ones made in Mexico after all.

Woh!...Thanks for the heads up on TyTy Nursery, They have 112 complaints with the BBB this year! With a little more research I found a Georgia Nursery thats only about an hour drive. www.johnsonnursery.com they don't start selling grapes untill December that gives me plenty of time to get the...

Thanks for the info. I will do some research on Ty Ty and see whats up.

Has anyone had the dogfish head that has red wine in it? I tasted it at a brewfest and thought it was good it never said what kind of wine it was or what the beer was. Im thinking it was a Belgian with a Merlot.

Brewerys make beer for profit. Homebrewers make beer for taste. I tried to make a Red Brick Double Chocolate Porter clone one time and mine blew theirs away. Now I just use commercial examples as a guideline.

Here's how I do it

I throw them out. at $3.50 for 2 at the home depot it isn't worth the time,water an effort to clean them.

I used 16 pounds for a 4 gal batch and instead of water I used store bought grape juice. I havn't tasted it it's still in the primary