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10-4 Now my question is what is the difference in letting it "age" in the car boy than degassing it and bottling?

Well the pictures really don't do the justice. All the recipes I seem and the one I'm using say should be clear at 30days. But no I'm in no rush to bottle. Thanks for the heads up

One month later I reracked it and now it looks like this. Going on Monday to get the sorbate and sulphite. Now do I add them to it then back sweeten then add the camdem tablet? Do I have to degas it? Also plan on bottling this up coming week. I'm not going to run it thru a filter...

Awesome. Once I make another batch I will do as recommended by him lol. This is I guess my trial run.

Pork shots anyone?

Checked it today and it looks like this Is this normal?

Alright, would I be alright then by adding another can of juice to it? I'm trying to go for a sweeter flavor but not like super sweet. Make sense?

I'll play. It's called a fatty, Bacon wrapped, ground porked stuffed with mozzarella, bacon and mushrooms smoked over maple wood

could i add the enzyme in a couple days or should i have added it and let it sit to work its magic 1st? Im going to let this do its thing for now and see how it turns out and then a few batches down the road start fiddling around with flavoring. I had already planned on setting a bottle...

Lol, thanks for the info. They do call for the pectin enzyme and acid blend, when I stopped by the beer and wine store he was telling me that I can squeeze some lemon or orange juice into it for the acid. Never really gave me the reason why no pectin enzyme tho.

I posted a pic of the yeast I'm going to be using. I haven't dropped the yeast in yet.

Ok, I got me a 2 1/2 gallon primary bucket today to start my batch. I found a couple recipes that where idenical so I went with those and tweaked it just a bit and well I added to much sugar but I *think* I will be fine. So here is the batch- 3 cans of welches grape juice concentrate 2...

Thanks again everyone. My username explains it all when it comes to wine and wine making. It is going to be one helluva learning curve lol

Dang that was quick lol. Thanks for the welcome and if I have any question I will be sure to ask since I really don't want to screw up to bad lol.

Hello everyone, After lurking for a bit I decided to to go ahead and sign up. I acquired some stuff from my uncle since he use to make is own wine. Before that I stopped by Advantage Beer and Wine in Hickory/Longview area in NC, and the fella that runs the place Mike, he really sparked my...