Recent content by Mbar

Completely agree, it amazes me. Although its always nice to learn from other people making mistakes. Having done what i would call minimal research and then seeing people posting videos and not checking the basic composition of their must, ph levels and brix, and just chucking in some...

New to this forum but really appreciate the engagement, top stuff. The video was of someone who had no experience making wine, a first attempt. He used baking yeast and probably not ideal grapes so i think its fair to say we can disregard the use of the containers as his main issue with the...

Hi All, I just watched a video of a guy using a collapsible container instead of a carboy. Practically it makes a lot of sense as you don't need to worry about filling your carboy right to the top. Has anyone given this a go or what the drawbacks might be? thanks Pic below. He doesn't make a...

Thanks Scooter. Out of interest did adding mango increase the viscosity and make the wine less clear or did it turn out clear and thin like most pineapple wines i've seen?

I'm about to do my first batch of pineapple wine. In pretty much every recipe i've seen, people tend to add a lot of water and sugar to there pineapple juice. Why is this? Would it not be better to just use 100% fresh pineapple juice, processed through a juicer to remove the fiber and then check...