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Hey all, The wine turned out great. It never hit below 1.0 I think because it was too much sugar at one time. Most of them stopped at 1.02. The plain grape juice tasted very sweet and a bit cherry like. The batch with wildberries and pomegranate tastes better. Oh and the batches with apple...

The port seems a bit thin and light. Maybe I need to blend with some plain grape juice for body

Hey guys. Its day 21. I just measured the batches and the SG has not changed. Most of them are at 1.02 and the big one is still at 1.03. Im not sure if they are stuck or what is happening. I set a batch a side to make port and i added brandy to it. It has an SG of 1.01 and it...

Thank you gregin. So its not too late to throw a campden tablet in the wine? I was confused about how to use it i thought it was just for cleaning and rinsing. So I just drop a csmpden tablet in the wine and let it dissolve? Is there anything else i need to buy? I will get...

How else am i supposed to rack without taking it from the bottles? Why would it turn into vinegar? I dont have campden tablets. This is my first time racking it.

Ive started reading the book last night to the part about acid. It seems like I ask questions and I just get criticism. I appreciate every bit of help I can get. I double racked the wine last night and used coffee filters. It took 2 hours for only 2 gallons. I just checked the wine again...

I appreciate the help. What would happen if i add the sorbate early? Well i dont want it to taste bad and you said if I make it too strong it will taste bad. I thought I read somewhete about adding sorbate early to make it sweet. I also bought brandy to make some port and i think im...

Its been 16 days. The bottles are ranging between 1.01 to 1.035 SG Im getting impatient now. What if i put the potassoum sorbate in now? I dont want it to be too strong.

Sterilize them with what? What kind of sulfite? If i need more chemicals than why bother making wine if im going to spend so much in equipment. I was told balloons are fine. I dont have a wine store on every corner where i live and im not sure if they can fit all different sizes. I will...

What do you mean jet fuel? According to you guys its not much sugar. I doubt I will even have 10% abv. I tasted the wine and I barely taste any alcohol in it. How do I balance or measure the acid? Welchs juice is pure juice.

Okay so I just checked my wine must again. 1. 1 gallon of grape SG 1.02 Added half cup sugar SG 1.03 2. 1.36L of half grape half Pom/berry SG 1.01 Added half cup sugar SG 1.02 3. 1.89L of 3/4 apple 1/4 pom berry SG 1.008-ish Added half...

I read it thank you.

I have not used water. I used 100% grape juice.

What do you mean? You tried Welchs? Why would it not taste like store bought?

If this works out well. Im going try to figure out how to make jewish wine and port.