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One way to find a local honey source is to do an internet search for a local or county beekeepers association. I am the VP for our local association. Also, there is the online neighborhood market places to try.

My thoughts ... congratulations! You have discovered a wine making assistant although he is a bit young. It seems he has mastered the first step in tasting wine from a carboy. The next step in his official training might be to put the bungs back. I suggest you delay the wine tasting training...

I added some apples with mine. About 15 or 20 percent apples I recall. And a half stick of cinnamon to make a 4 gallon batch.

I once added 1 teaspoon of extract to 6 gal of Grenach after fermention had finished. A Wine Lovers medium body kit. Very good after aging 1 year. Became more pronounced after 2 years. I'll do it again but only half as much. As Joe said, less is more.

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I've made 4 or 5 various reds. All were tweaked slightly and all turned out very well. I have some going on 2 years and they age well so far. I will use them again.

Thanks Rocky, great suggestion!

Welcome to WMT! Kits can be interesting. I started out just following the kit instructions. Now I add some of this and that, in primary and/or secondary or while aging. As Joeswine say, a little is a lot.

This is great! I have a number of young fruit trees surrounding my bee hives. So this DE approach is something I will definitely try.

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Welcome to WMT! Seems you will have lots of wine making adventures.

There are a number of kit wines that are fairly inexpensive. I'm talking about $50 to $70 each. I've made a number of them and all have been better tasting (to me) than anything I bought over the years from Trader Joes for $8 to $12. In large part it's because the kit producer designs the kit...

The grape pack came from Finer Wines and I used it once in a Super Tuscan. In the freezer right now. I will put in for a second run and toss it afterwards. It came with grape seeds as well so I'm hoping it will add a little body and a little tannin. The oak would give it more tannin if I put...

I ordered an MV Cab Franc kit from Midwest Supplies with a 20% off promotion for Fathers Day. Northern Brewers has the discount also. (Only a couple days left on that deal if you're interested.) I should have it by Thursday. It's a 10 liter kit so I consider it one notch above a cheap kit. But I...

My next is a MV Cab Franc. I ordered it from Northern Brewers with a 20% off promotion for Fathers Day. (Only a few days left on that deal if you're interested.) I should have it by next Thursday. It's a 10 liter kit so I consider it one notch above a cheap kit. But I still plan on tweaking...