Recent content by Tom914-6

Hey everyone, neewbie here and I did the back sweetening on a batch of apple wine. I stopped the fermentation like winemaker81 said to do and then added some apple concentrate and used wine conditioner. I put some in a half gallon bottle and added until it was almost sweet enough and almost the...

How low is low temperature? I thought 65 was the lowest to keep it fermenting? As far as the mix of apples, my cider maker doesn't share his recipe but he told me uses 13 different apple varieties to make his juice. It is by far the best apple cider I have ever tasted. It is also non...

I didn't check my peach wine but do intend on checking my cider. I would like better than 5 % but don't want a harsh taste. I have had home made cider I swore the person put a bottle of liquor in. He denied it and got mad at me over it. I have also had hard cider that had a tinge of sweetness to...

Mine is peach and it just seemed easier to do. We will see how it makes out.

Some of the SC's 81 and after had a dealer package for a whale tail. If they had the spoiler on the front they were supposed to have a tail. Mine has the front spoiler but the owner before me sold the whale tail. I just bought one at a swap meet, took me 20 years to find an SC tail. Save the...

I have an 81SC. The 6 is a factory with a beefed up engine. Same original case just a different crank, cams and pistons, I still have all the original 2.0 parts.

First place that popped up when I had a question.

If you know what 914-6 means you will know I have other interests besides wine making. I might be me on here Tom or my wife Bonnie. We love wine and we love hard cider. We drink wine, we cook with it. We have been to winefest in Watkins Glen New York 10 times or more? We live in the country and...

Why do you need to know the specific gravity? Is that also true on hard cider?

I would assume that would work with grape wine also? We have grape juice that was made from the same grapes as we are making wine with?

I have some cider I am going to make that is going straight into a carboy. I do plan on putting in yeast should I also put in yeast nutrient? It sounds like I should?

Ok guys on a different subject do you put your fruit in a bag or let it mix with the ingredients? I put my peach in a bag but now I am having second thoughts. It's been down less than two days. I just put the yeast in yesterday.

Interesting, thanks.

Would you use it in hard cider too? I can, just never have.

I am not going to use yeast nutrient yet? I have the cider house yeast and want to see what it taste like first. I used no yeast at all when I made it before. I have a good orchard that I get my cider from that has a great mix of apples they put into the cider. I would use the same ration of...