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the strawberry was pressed and moved to secondary on 6/6/09 and racked a month later.never stabalized.the mint was pressed and moved to secondary on 6/30/09.today i'm going to taste them. if that goes ok i'll add campden tablets to stabalize them.

hi everyone.you may remember me from earlier in the year. i started a batch of strawberry wine.and one with mint leaves.i have had a crazy crazy year(i won't bother you with the details.)anyway the wine has been sitting here.i never even got to rack the mint stuff.the strawberry was racked but i...

ok i racked it. the s.g. is .99 smells great.but it tastes a little bitter.we added some sugar to our sample and it helped a bit. tastes a little weak in flavor for some reason.is this due to the distilled water?will it get stronger? and how much sugar should i add? thanx again.it definately...

i used 1 campden tablet per gallon in the recipe.the wine is very clear.i'm just trying to get all my ducks in a row ahead of time.when i rack it i'll check the gravity.

ok guys were coming up on a month in the secondary here. my next question is: when i rack the wine is it time to clear and stabalize it? and what chemicals do i need to do that? thanx.

does that mean i did something wrong? or can it be close to done already?

yeah i know thats what i thought. its weird.perhaps i read it wrong. its still fermenting though.

yes it is :D

ok moved to secondary.this is the first i checked the s.g. sinse i added the water.i know i should have. but i was dealing with a 4 letter word i hate --WORK. anyhoo s.g. is .998 seems a bit low.but i havent checked it for a week.its a brewin though.:D

ok worked a really long day. and i wanted to save the wine from being too strong. so i added 1 galon of water and sprinkled the yeast on. too tired to check the gravity tonight.hopefully this saves it. its really an experiment anyway.

seeing as i already have it mixed. is there anything i can do to lessen the specific gravity? add water?

well theres a recipe in a book i have for mint wine. and my wife has a ton of spearmint growing outside our window.so what the hey.also theres a graveyard by our house that has rasberry's growing by the edge of it. i'm going to try to get enough of them to make a batch. my new goal is to try to...

ok the new project is spearmint wine. recipe is 1qt mint leaves,3 lbs sugar,1 gal water,1 campden tablet,1tsp yeast nutrient,1/2 tsp pectic enzymes,1gram wine yeast.times 3 on the recipe. sp.g.is 1.102 but water was warm.i'll recheck it be4 i put in the yeast. hopefully i don't become too...

awesome thanx. can i also just clean them first with soap and water?

wha is abv?