I have a friend who has planted 750 vines last spring. They are different varieties of muscadine and scuppernong. My friend wants me to be his vintner, he likes my home brew stuff. Found a vineyard in Deleon springs Fla that is open for picking this weekend. We are going for Nobel and Ison...
So it is possible to start with 6.5 gallon fermentation buckets and carboys? I have a friend putting in 750 vines soon. We are in Florida he wants me to make wine for him. I only make country fruit wines for home. This is going to be a major task for me to set up and get started. I',m thinking...
So it was strawberry season here in sunny florida a month or so ago. My dear and lovely bride went out and picked 43 pounds of fresh berries. We cleaned them and froze them in 5# bags. I started the must at 1.120 with an EC1118 yeast and it fermented down to 1.010 and stalled. We tasted the must...
That is probably pectin haze. I'll assume (we all know how that goes) you didn't use pectin enzyme. You should have added pectin enzyme an hour before you pitch your yeast.
Also, why aren't you using your filter machine? I use mine on every batch of wine we make. The polish and clarity it will...