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I make a very similar recipe, and everyone who has tried it loved it. Took it to work, and most people thought it was either apple or peach, (I wouldn't tell them what it was till they tried it)

Thanks Lon, for the reciepe, I was looking at a very similar one, but was concerned as i'm still new to all this, I wanted to find a recipe that someone has tested, So again I thank you, shanw

Hey Everyone, A friend of mine has quite a few lbs of gooseberry's and we want to turn it to wine. So i'm trying to locate a Tried and tested gooseberry wine recipe. I've tried searching the forums, but can't seem to find one. Anyone got a good one they could post? or a link to one...

I'm actually at work today. I work for the big red X, supporting the US, But hey I have monday off... LOL

You are probably right about that, but with leaving for vacation hopefully tomorrow it will have to wait :)

Good to know ;)

Ya I like that one as well. They are all still a work in progress as my first batch of skeeter pee is just starting to clear. LOL Do you know if they have clear label's? I think it would look really professional if it was see-through... you know what I mean?

Hey Everyone, So I just started my wine making, and boy am I getting hooked. Now if only I liked to drink a lot of wine. LOL. Maybe that will come with age? Anyway so I designed a few labels for myself on things I want to try to make, and I'm just wondering what labels do you guys use...

Thanks :) The HBS i went to only sold super kleer so that's what I used. I'm hoping that when I return from BC, it will be clear. :)

Okay so it's been a few days, just working away on my degassing. I bought "The Whip" and seems to be okay. but boy does this stuff foam up when you go at it. But I did have another question. Always with the questions eh? Anyway. So I did this the reverse method. i.e. no slurry, and each...

So by this morning, the foam had died down. In the airlock was what looked like yeast soup. So I cleaned it out. and put it back on the carboy. it's bubbling away nicely now. I also went out and got a new Hydrometer. Checked the SG and i'm down to 1.000 just a little while longer till I can...

Okay so moved over to the carboy. and about an hour or so later I noticed foam moving into my airlock. Is this a bad thing? should I remove the bung and clean out the airlock and replace? I can tell the foam will be back in the lock if I do this so I am not sure what do about this. Can't...

Well I added 1 bottle of lemon juice yesterday and boy what a change :) thick layer of foam this morning when I added the next half bottle of the juice. Tonight I'll add the remainder and take the SG of the must and see where we are at :) I can't wait to see how this turns out :)

Hey Everyone, So I started my first batch yesterday, and I'm using the reverse method, so I have 4.5 gallon's of water, 16 cups of sugar, the Tannin, nutirent and energizer. I'm using EC-1118 yeast. Checked it this morning, I could smell the yeast in the kitchen, but couldn't see any foam or...

I'm thinking about making this myself as my first attempt on a true home made wine. So let's hope it works out I do have a question. Would it be better to dice the strawberries or could I put them though my juicer, use the juice and put the pulp in a fermenting bag? or just use the juice...