The labels are actually from a company called Macday http://www.macday.ca/ , They have software called lasting impressions that you can download from Macday. Once you design the label on your own PC, it saves the file as a .lif file. This is a remarkable file in the sense, you can design the...
I just use the same (free) version of the software that my local winery uses with their label printer and pre imaged roll labels. Labels for case of 24 bottles costs less than $5 CDN without the hassle of buying printers, ink or toner, plus paper. I design the label at home, take it to the...
I de-gassed the wine as much as I could, by stirring it vigorously with my long handled ladle before adding the fining agents. The carboys sit in my pantry on a a rack, so room temp. I did move my 1 gallon to a small bar fridge because of a prior experience. My first foray into wine making was...
Yeah, all my posts starts with some kind of weirdness. . Okay, so I bucket fermented about 4kg of sweet dark frozen cherries, added about 4 liters of100% Cherry juice blend (aroma reminiscent faintly of Maraschino cherries). Racked into 2.5 gallons of clean and sanitized glass carboys.2x 1gal...
Weird thing happened. I am in the process of completing my 1.5 gallon batch of peach wine. Back sweetened and it tastes pretty good. Zero and I mean zero re-fermentation. K-meta and K-sorb in. I added kieselsol and it cleared marvelously. After 4hrs I added the Chitosan, and instructions said...
I wanted to take my 50th Anniversary Edition out for a spin over the weekend, but he was more content sitting on the couch, enjoying a frosty beverage and watching some crazy sporting event, yelling at the TV .
Hey everyone. I'm new to winemaking. Looking to make some fruit wines at home, to give away to friends and family during the holiday season. My very first gallon of Pineapple Wine is ready for a bit of clarification and then bottling. Next project is cherry wine, and then onto ginger...