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    Low pH in apple wine

    Hello to all again, I am doing a huge batch of apple wine, 125 lbs. I have a few questions. First, can I keep the apples in multiple bags instead of having them free roaming in my container? 2nd question. I have a pH of 2.70 and a total acidity of .50%. my acid was lower but I added some...
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    how to make the recipe with grapes vs just juice

    Hi Weaverschmitz! I finally got around to bottling my concord wine. I am kicking myself though as my bookkeeping of my batches fell through somewhere along the line. I think I ended up combining a couple batches together and not recording them on my carboys so I have no accurate record. I...
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    Back Sweetening

    Good advice!
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    Back Sweetening

    Agreed, it kind of seems like common sense!
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    Back Sweetening

    That's hilarious but also very scary, I did open my first bottle outside & kept it from anywhere near my body just to be safe. I was pretty worried too!!
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    Back Sweetening

    Hello to All, I opened all of my wine bottles that were processed without sorbate and was lucky to not have any explosions. Thank Heaven! Now I can sit back and let them be without worry. Of course, we had to taste test as we went and one bottle was sacrificed in the process!! HaHa
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    Back Sweetening

    No Kidding, this is an area of wine making that has always made me a little on edge. This year I can't avoid it as I have too much wine to leave in the carboy's. Have to get it in a bottle! Appreciate the help!
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    Back Sweetening

    Thanks Everyone, Glad I asked, looks like I'm uncorking a few bottles already done!!!
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    Back Sweetening

    So if I am understanding this right, my wine that is bulk aged for 12 months does not need sorbate after back sweetening? I had a couple of bottles that produced quite a few bubbles after adding sugar. Will this cause problems if I bottle?
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    Wild Grapes - I'm going for it!

    Hi David, I have my concord wine chillin in my garage, soon to be finished and bottled. I didn't give it a thought to do a 2nd run on them. Thanks for the tip!
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    Wild Grapes - I'm going for it!

    Great! I'm sure you will love it, but it does take some time!
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    Wild Grapes - I'm going for it!

    Hey BigDaveK, I have done some wild grapes over a couple of years. Mine is pretty much a repeat of what you mentioned. Another thing to try is to cold stablize the wine to help drop the tartrate acid out. I also added oak cubes to mine. I bulk aged it for two years then back sweetened and it...
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    how to make the recipe with grapes vs just juice

    What other wines have you made?
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    how to make the recipe with grapes vs just juice

    Well, it's been a long journey for me and I still feel like a rookie! It depends on how serious you plan on getting when it comes to wine making. The best advice I could give you is to go onto the beginners forum. There is so much good information to help you with understanding the whole...
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    how to make the recipe with grapes vs just juice

    Hello weaverschmitz, My wine from last year is still in the bulk storage. I haven't started my wine making season yet...lots of irons in the fire with elderly parents and helping them out a lot yet. I did move the carboys from my dark storage room to my garage to do the cold storage and try to...
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