Recent content by veikos

Hi HB_in_Subic ! Welcome to the forum. I'm leaving in the Philippines (Pasig ... ). There is a lot a fruit around that you turn to nice wine ! Try rambutan for instance, or even guyabano, banana or even coffee ... Last year was a bit void in term of wine making I was focusing more on brewing...

Hello, Here in attachment a picture of one of the bottle. I took it with my cellphone, so the quality is not that good, but it gives you an idea of the color. Sorry for the mess in the background :p

Stressbaby, the wine is yellow/gold. I'll post a picture as soon I get back my camera.

Hi everyone ! After few month of clearing process, I finally bottled my wine ! I was able to get 5 bottle :) and 2 glass for my wife and myself ! The wine is excellent, but weirdly very sweet. I think i added too much sugar initially, or the fermentation stopped somewhere in the middle. It...

@saramc, thanks a lot for your answer, I'll follow first your advise and rack it with SO2 over the week end. Thanks for the link dessert maker ! @Arne, thanks, worst case scenario i'll do that ! Have a great day and thanks for your answers :D

@Robie, Yep I'll find a way, I wanted to not start wrong this time ! Mindwest winter , yes this is it. I taste a bit like lychee as well. Another fruit that grows well here is the Longan. But the season is over already (July/august) so next year!

Thanks Robie, I think I can find that on some chemical/medicinal supply shop, but will only go there on week end. will it be ok to postpone the racking to the week end ? BTW I read on some other site that acid ascorbic (vit C) can be used as subtitute ... is this a myth or more a real fact ? in...

Thanks arne for your answers and advises. In case I cannot find sobate - where i'm leaving i can only rely on internet ... so it take long to get my orders, is there any substitute to sorbate or technics ? Thanks!

Thanks Robie for your answers. In the philippines, glass container are quite expensive actually and the only 1 gallon + juggs in glass I can fin are from "Carlo Rossi", and since it's imported, it cost a good bottle of french wine ... I'm actually using already 2 jugs like that for my 2 other...

Hi Everyone, Once month ago I started a batch of 1 gallon of banana wine using the Dwarf Cavendish banana cultivar. The recipe followed was : 1.2 kg of ripe Cavendish banana 800 gr of granulated sugar (I don't know what was the SG at this point) Juice of 2 ponkan orange (with zest)...

Hi Everyone, I'm starting a batch of Rambutan (rambutan) wine. Since it's the season here and I got a good deal over the week end of 4 lbs . After removing the core and and the "skin" it goes to 3.1 lbs. I prepare a must for 1 gallon with it in a 1.5 gallon. But I don't have at this time any...

winemaker_3352, thanks a lot for this information. I can see now 3 possibles factors : - Headspace in my container - Fluctuation for the Fermentation temperatures, - Sanititation. So basicaly my experimentation is turning bad ... anyways, i'll focus on this point for my next batch ! thanks

Hi John, Sure here some more informations : - Type of yeast used was : LaLvin EC-1118 - Type of juice : Fontana brand (cyprus brand ??), 100% natural, no preservative qtty : 4 L - Added Sugar : 450 g (I followed a receipe) - Yeast nutriment : None - temperature of storage during fementation ...

Hi Everyone, I started 1 week ago a first project with natural grape juice. Up to 2 days ago, it was still producing enough C02 to bubble in my airlock. Last night while i was checking after it, it appears that it smell like vinegar, and after tasting it's a bit vinegar taste as well, not as...

Thanks everyone for your warm welcome. Thanks for info robie. I got delayed this week end but on time to receive - from a local provider some EC-1118 strain ... not sure if it will be ok for my project ... I decided to try - as experimentation to make wine with natural grape juice I can buy...