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Yummy yummy, those are nice looking kits. I want this one: http://www.homebrewsupply.com/cru-select-argentine-trio-16-l.html Cru Select Argentine Trio 16 L Wine Kit I'm all signed up and ready to taste! :) Thanks! -Johntodd

Thanks! -Johntodd

LOL! Good stuff, matey, good stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Bxbu4IsvE

Oh yeah ... I'm melting gently into my chair. I made watermelon wine this year. As a recap, my forte is country wine only made from leftover fruits from my farm here in TN. So each year's wine is different, seeing as we have different amounts of the various fruits left over each year. This...

Beware the ZOMBIE THREAD!!! I make Kombucha all the time. The secret is to drink it before it ferments too far. When it is at it's prime, it's kind of a pear tasting sweet fizzy drink. But let it go longer and it gets drier and more vinegary. So, it's up to you to taste it and "pull" when...

Spaghetti and Garlic Bread, with baked vegetable medley. The Spaghetti Sauce (more of a Marinara) is made from scratch, using tomatoes, garlic, onions, and basil from the farm. The noodles were made fresh here on the farm. The garlic bread was baked here, buttered and grilled here. The...

OK, it's been tested. I drank a glass last night. I woke up on the floor with a bear and a cement mixer beside me. A record was playing softly in the background, and I don't even have a record player. I can't remember a thing. Good stuff, that Fruit Cocktail wine. :D

Montrachet, and I have no visible activity at all. Balloon is deflated, and no bubbles or foam at all.

OK, a quart then? I have no idea what I'm doing with this.

Hi! I've got 2 cans of sweetened condensed milk I'd like to make a 'flan' wine out of. I can cook the stuff in the can to make it caramel-ish. Can I ferment that and make a wine? I was reading the milk wine and Butterscotch wine threads. Seems possible. I only want 1 gallon for starters.

Racked and added sugar...what to watch for. Hi! I've racked my Fruit Cocktail wine off the gross lees, and added 2C. sugar (in a little water) to top off. I'm not concerned with final ABV now. It's a hot one and that is good enough. But I still have it under a balloon. I figure the warm...

I'm an experienced gardner (I grow most of our food supply), and I recently started a vineyard. I can tell you this: The pickier you are about your wine requirements, the bigger a PITA the vineyard will be. Concentrate instead on growing great, healthy vines and fruits. Let each vine produce...

Cool. Thanks!

I started it on this past Sunday. I know that isn't long. I was just interested in making a wine we could drink next weekend or something. Like Hawkeye said on M*A*S*H, "20 minutes ago was a good year." :)