Recent content by Jer

This is wild! I must be in a time warp...I opened this thread a year ago and not a single reply till now? Oh well I will give you all an update: I went ahead and pulled the trigger on the one on E-bay that I was considering figuring even if it didnt work well it would be a good investment as...

Hey guys and gals I have decided to try making some labels for my wine and have some questions. Need to keep it kind of on the cheap and was thinking of going with just a shoulder label like Avery sells in a silver or gold foil. These labels are slightly arched and I would want my printing to...

I need a bench corker and I was wondering if anyone here has used this one from Yankee.

Has anyone here had experience with a bench corker made by Yankee? Some people like all things shiny and new but being a weird duck I am inclined to go for all things vintage and this thing is gorgeous IMHO. I need a functional corker and if these do the job I figure I could kill two birds with...

Thanks everyone for the input and I will definitely do better on my record keeping with the next batch. Before I bottle is back sweetening a viable option to improve the flavor of this batch? Thanks again

Thanks for the input Debbie, after searching for my recipe and notes I realize that my record keeping needs to be improved on (a recent kitchen remodel has alot of things MIA) As far as I remember the sulphite went in after de-gas and before the initial fermentation.I did use yeast. I have...

Thanks for the response Richard. I am in Utah near Salt Lake and the variety of grapes is a concord I think....they are purple and have seeds. Do you think it would be safe to drink this batch as long as there are no visible colonies of crud in it? Should I add sulphite at this point if I decide...

Hi everyone, A distressed newbie here. I started my batch 11mos. ago from a recipe a friend had. I used homegrown grapes, stirred the must diligently twice a day for a week then added sulphite and started fermentation in a bucket with air lock in place, over the next two mos. I racked twice...

Hi Mike thanks for the input. I guess I was busy writing back to Wayne when your post came across. I think I answered some of your questions in the response to Wayne. As for the rest of your questions the airlock never did dry out...I added water several times. The sulphite I put in just before...

Hi Wayne thanks so much for your response. Since posting my question I have done a little research and found that I have made a couple of mistakes. First I have had the wine stored in a half full glass carboy with an airlock but apparently it should have been in a smaller container to reduce air...

Hi all, I am hoping I havent ruined my first batch.The recipe was passed on to me by a friend and was for a generic wine made from fresh homegrown grapes.I started the three gallon batch 11 mos. ago and was diligent about stirring twice a day through the de-gassing step then racked the wine...