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hey Arne, how have you been? hope all is well. How has the wine making been coming. Anything that has really stood out in the last couple months?

Has anyone had cabbage wine??? Is it Good???

Missed you guys summer has been very busy. The web site looks GREAT!!!! I have been busy but also busy making wine. Made 6 gallons of mulberry/ 6 gal of gooseberry/ 6 gallons of strawberry and 22 gallons of apple. all turned out well apple has been fermenting for almost 2 months???? but have...

Hey Guy and Gals Thinking about trying some cabbage wine. Has anyone attempted this before. I really like flavor of honey and cabbage so was thinking of incorporating honey. Any thoughts or suggestions/ recipes????

no not really. maybe a hint of lemon but mostly just wanted to use something different.

what i did is mash berries made a must and then poured into paint strainer. then transferred to fine strain bag and let sit in must for 5 days until i moved to secondary seemed to work well we will see how it turns out

Thanks for the tips Bob I was thinking of using oak to glad you added that one in there. what is the best way to get stems out i figured i would just mash and make must add water and skim off top. not sure if there is a better way. or was thinking to mash and then pour through strainer to...

Has anyone here used lemon grass before i got a 1/4 that was thinking of adding to a blackberry also with 2 oz. of lemon peel.. any suggestions

Is it nessacary to add camp den tablets in a country wine that you put boiling water into the must. won't the boiling water kill of all the bad stuff????

what is the best way to de stem mulberries just picked 12lbs

Is it possible to over degas? I have been told both. That if you use a drill and a whip you can over mix wine and actually oxygenate it. when others tell me to mix the S#%! out of it. Not sure who to believe but i know i can find the right answer here. And i also know that all my wine that i...

Thank you for all the good feedback I LOVE YOU GUYS

It is a country wine my first a strawberry. I degassed well and now am on to finning and finishing. will be using Glycerin to get rid of harsh and to dry taste. also bentinite to clear. not sure if this is the best method. wine store guy told me this was the way, however i hold all of your...

I have been told to use Glycerin is this recommended since it had a harsh taste store owner told me to use glycerin and then fine with bentonite what do you guys think????? the owner told me that if i add concentrate it will start ferment again and become dry over again. I am not to sure about...

Ok I have a very dry strawberry wine. It has not cleared like i would like it and needs to be sweetened. i will be sweetening with a concentrate. should i wait to add fining agents after i have sweetened or fine now and sweeten later????