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I have made the dark chocolate raspberry. It is a huge hit. I give it out as Christmas gifts. I actually need to make more soon. I will warn you though, just buy two kits and make the full six gallons. It will go quickly.

Thank you very much

So...... I want to try my hand at a dark chocolate raspberry wine, my questions for those who have done this are as follows 1. Coco powder or shaved chocolate? 2. If I go with the powder will it be harder to clear? 3. Will shaved chocolate impart flavor as well as powder? 4. Would a...

ok so i have made 2 wines now... the blueberry pino noir.... it turned out ok and the montagnac syrah... they both kind of tase off... cant really explain it. the blueberry almost tastes fizzy... if i open a bottle and let it sit for in the fridge for a bit it is better but it still tastes like...

i dont know if i am posing this in the right area or not but does anyone here grow your own grapes? and those of you that do do you have issues with spiders? how do you get rid of them? i have read up on it and found some recipes to spray that include vinegar and lavendar oil but i was...

not in a hurry just afraid i might have screwed it up already

hey i just like to have all my fruity bases covered lol :h

thanks for the info... i will try to be patient i havent pulled a sample to test clarity but the carboy itself isnt clearing much... though like i said ive never made wine before so i dont know how "clear" to expect a red to get i know whites you should be able to see through without a...

i never considered what i have a vinyard.....especiall as im just starting this... but i have raspberry, blackberry bushes i plan to make wine from. i have wine grapes grownig and will find out what variety they are this summer, lots of elderberry thaat i will make wine from and a nice size...

i hae been to a number of wineries 1 star hill winery in central pa.... excellent sweet wines, they will let you taste every wine they have for like 3 bucks whites had great body to them and red were... well i bought an entire case of different reds from them love them 2 in new york i...

ok so my blueberry pino noir island mist kit is supposed to be clearing. the instructions say to add the fining chemicals and i did all that exactly how it says to... and then let it sit for 8 days and rack it... well it has been sitting for 6 days now and i only see a little lees on the bottom...

hey always glad to see more pennslyvanian's here i am from cenral pa right near state college..... welcome!!!!!!!!!!:b:d

yea its the montagnac syrah mourvedre lol i dont even know how to pronounce the last part of that... i hate making a wine i cant pronounce

ok so i am making my first cresendo series with the grap pack and the wood chips... did my first racking today and found out the hard way that 1 you cannot get all the juice off the insane amount of lees at the bottom 2 said lees does NOT go down drain easy lol ok so that was one of those...

yea you have to have some balls to hold onto anything thats 50 cal... i unfortunatly dont have balls lol so i damn near hit myself in the head with it. they are fun though... shoot a watermellon with it and see whats left.. those things are destructive!!!!! ::