Recent content by stef57

I have 15lbs of freshly picked Saskatoon berries (also known as serviceberry or juneberry). I want to make wine with them but my google searches have been all over the place... What is a good rule of thumb for quantity per gallon? The most common search result is 4.5 to 5 lb/gal. Is that in...

Thanks for that guys! Just so happened I had a few over rippened bananas on the counter. So I added 3 peeled chopped & mushed up to each of 2 different batches I started last weekend. (I didn't bother freezing them first though...) They are both sitting at 15 Brix right now (started them at...

Hey guys, I've got my first 2 batches of DB in the books... The first was the original recipe and is in bottles, the 2nd is Strawberry and has been back sweetened but still in a carboy. Although both batches turned out quite tasty, I would like them to have a bit more body.. Now I know that its...

My corks were about a year old. i just soak them in iodophor while I bottle. But the bottle in question was a clear beer bottle with a crown cap... I did open a second bottle tonight and although the taste is still there and quite noticeable I don't think it's as strong as a couple days...

No, I filter to a bottling bucket, then to bottles I first start the pump I a waste bucket/bottle. Run it until clear wine comes out (about 10 seconds) and throw it out. Works out to just under a full bottle usually

I just soaked them in clean water.. I tried another wine tonight that i bottled about 3 weeks ago and ran through my filter and it too has the same soapy taste?!?!? it is not as strong but definitely there... I don't get it??? maybe i don't let it run long enough to clean the water out? but i...

Yes i am using the mini jet I SECOND THAT!!! That machine does look awesome! I did... I filtered from the carboy straight into my bottling bucket then into bottles.. i have 27 bottles of this.... so I can try one every few weeks for the next 3 years in hopes it turns out;) The pads...

The pads were a couple years old, but still in the wrapper... the filter hadn't been used in probably over a year but i ran cleaner (oxyclean) through it then about 3 gallons of clean water, then sanitizer.... The OxyClean is pretty much odorless. For a taste comparison though, I am...

I use OxyClean Versatile chlorine free from my local Costco. I guess it is possible I just didn't rinse properly but I have used the same process for a while for brewing and never had a problem before.... Mind you, I am very new at wine making... and maybe beer is more tolerant... but i always...

Today i'm doing...... nothing brought up 2 batches to bottle last night, got 1 in bottles, left the other for tonight... I guess i popped the cork off that bottle of Malbec a tad to early :dg so the Raspberry DB is gonna spend one more night on the kitchen table :ib

KMS or K-meta is short for Potassium Metabisulfite. It's the yeast stabilizer that likely came with the kit, can also be used as a sanitizer

I agree with Roger80465 selling a 7yr old kit isn't very likely... and dumping it seems like a waste. get a new yeast pack for a buck and let r rip... the worse that can happen is that you'll end up dumping it in 6 weeks.... but it might turn out very drinkable.. The must should be sterile so...

All my equipment was washed with OxyClean & rinsed then I used Iodophor solution. (1ml/L) for sanitizing everything (pump, hoses, bucket, gear & bottles) pumped out of the carboy straight into my bottling bucket, This is the same procedure I use for brewing... minus the pump.

I just finished my first batch of DB. Everything was going great from day 1. But before racking to my bottling bucket last night, i bumped the carboy and put some of the sediment back in suspension... So instead of waiting for it to settle back down, i decided to run it through the filter. I...

Skeeter Pee in my first etched bottle!:try I have to perfect the technique a bit but I have over 300 bottles to practice on!