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question about the basic skeeter pee recipe on page one, i recently made a batch of limoncello, and having peeled 30 lemons,I put the whole lemons through my champion juicer and froze the juice,can use this juice as part of the recipe?

no I have not checked acidity but I will get a meter, should the acidity for all fruit wines be around the same?

definately apple

question on the eldeberry I made this from the large cans of juice ,came out strong in the eldeberry taste a little too strong, and very bitter, the smell is not so great but it tastes and smells like eldeberries,can I add anything to these before drinking to sort of cut the bitterness?

thanks,what i dont get is the wine is crystal clear with no sediment . I thought it wouldnt clear if it wasnt degassed properly...chalk it up to newbness

Thats right its a kit pinot grigio,realized that i bottled too soon didnt degass properly,now the question: its been in the bottles about a month,can i dump it all back into a carbouy and degass? then bottle again or is it a wasted batch.....thanx

hey monica question...going to try your recipe but have 1 question,, did I read the primary time rite 4 weeks ? thanx

thanx for your help chris

as far as the yeast issue goes ,a newb like me doesnt stray off the instructions in the kit,at least not yet.:b

thanx for the heads up,fermentation is at a full boil finally,when i rack into a bottling bucket with the priming sugar,do you draw off the top to rack leaving the bottom untouched or can i use my wine siphon that goes from bottom up?

when you say fermenting dry u mean not adding anything?

called my supplier he said its the type of yeast,lager yeast,said it will be fine,move it to a warmer area

thanx dj ,,should I add sulfite now or wait for sec fermentation to finish?have not added anything yet

As far as a second racking goes should I wait for the secondary fermentation to complete? or should I rack and degass now?opinions appreciated....made from juice the last week in september....racked the second week of october into a demi its been slowly calming down ever since....smells great

I guess i thought by what i was told i expected more fermentation action,the airlock got a bubble as i watched it this morning,maybe it was the lager yeast? being fermented as an ale? ...the brew smells really good right now .I guess I will check the sg tonight and if it moving will just let it...