Recent content by vinophyte

Very interesting. I have a batchmade from Jack Keller's recipe in the secondary. Seems to be taking it's own sweet time clearing. Now into 3 months. Just starting. Of course as the winemaker I have the opportunity to sample at every racking. Waiting for Friday. I think this will be an...

Well I opened my first bottle of the Mayhaw wine on Thanksgiving day. It was a bit tart for my taste so I added 1.5 tsp sugar to the bottle and it is fantastic. The fruit flavor is slight but there. The color (light pink i.e.: rose) and bouquet are very nice. The wine went well with the...

I do know this for sure, the jelly is outstanding. I have never had wine made from Mayhaw; but, I will. I have 2 more quarts of juice from last year and my Mom just cooked down 8 to 9 gallaons of berries. Takes about 1.5 to 2 gallons of berries per quart of juice. Mom has 6 trees that were...

Thanks, actually I had a bare bulb lamp behind the wine attempting to judge clarity. Then though about posting pictures. Yea the appliances are nice, Gail's work. I am tools guy as well.

Many thanks to one and all for your tips. Learning patience as we speak. Pictures of the Niagara and Concord wine in process

WOW! Thanks to everyone for the assistance. Really starting to look godd, hard to wait. Oh Well!! Pictures of the Mayhaw wine in process

Thanks to Everyone for the great advice. Patience is a virtue, I do not possess. Perhaps I will obtain it now. Secondary effect of making wine? Thanks for the tips on sulfites. Guess I had forgotten that little trick. I will blame it on using kits with everything provided. Generally I do not...

Thnk you Bert and MedPretzel, I did give it a good stir to release all CO2. I racked it again and it is now becomming quite clear. Still have time to go. Thanks for the input, thought I had messed up somehow. Reagrds

Couple of questions; I have Welches 100% White Niagara frozen concentrate in process. It appears to be sloooowly clearing. On 3/12 @ SG=0.994 down from 1.014 I stirred and stabilized as well as racking fro a plastic sec to a glass sec. Used .5 tsp Pot/So and .25 tsp Bentonite. 1 or 2 days...

I am making wine from Mayhaw Juice and it dosen't seem to be clearing very well. Recipe for 1 gallon 2 qts Mom's Mayhaw Juice. (unknown fruit content, used for making great jelly. Estimate 5 qts fruit , not strained, cooked down to 2 qts juice) 2.5 lbs sugar 6.5 pts water (tap @ 104.5 F) 1 tsp...