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I have not had any problems with this. I do primary in plastic bucket and secondary/aging in glass carboy. I just wash well.

Update: Bottled the habanero-pineapple a couple days ago, and it is absolutely fantastic. The pineapple is forward and is followed by a medium heat. Doesn't need any sweetening, as it is delicious dry. Absolutely a drinking wine not a cooking wine - hopefully a few bottles make it to the...

I have mine currently frozen with the skins on. Shooting for about 4lbs per gallon.

I have been reading lots of banana wine recipes in preparation for attempting a small 1 or 2 gallon batch. Some recipes call for simmering (but not boiling) the chopped bananas for 45 minutes or so. Most of these recipes then suggest straining the liquid and fermenting without the pulp. Other...

Hi folks, Thought I'd update this thread. I racked the peach-habanero wine a week ago, and it is coming along nicely. Peach taste is very forward followed by mild heat. This one is going to be good. I also ended up making a 3-gallon batch of pineapple-habanero, based loosely on the 1...

Thanks all. Put the 5 gallons on a light toast french oak stick, and the one gallon on dark toast hungarian oak cubes. Should be a fun comparison!

I have 6 gallons of California Merlot that I'd like to rack onto oak this evening. The wine is split between a 5 gallon and a 1 gallon carboy, so I thought I might oak the two portions separately and then blend them after aging. Was thinking of using lightly toasted french (winestix) on the 5...

Started this a couple days ago, and it smells delicious already and I'll probably need to move it to a carboy tonight....a very fast fermentation. Looks like I'll get about 3 gallons: Peach-habanero wine 60 peaches (I estimated about 20 pounds) 7 bananas 1 can white grape welches 6...

Wow, those sound hot!

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Thanks folks! Apricot with some heat sounds particularly interesting, and I have some raspberries in the fridge so I will try that as well. Catawba or something like it would also probably be good. Lots of habaneros, sante fe, Hungarian hot wax, jalapeños, thai, and cayennes coming along in...

Hi folks, Last year I made a few hot chili pepper wines. They included a jalapeño wine (jack keller's recipe), an apple-jalapeno wine, and a pineapple-habenaro wine. The straight jalapeño wine was extremely hot and didn't have much flavor....it makes an excellent bloody mary in place of...

Thanks all. I tied the grapes down with mugs as suggested by Boatboy24. Worked great!

Thanks! I'll pitch in the morning then.

I have a six gallons of juice and one lug of Chilean Malbec in a primary bucket and I had planned to pitch yeast in the morning. Unfortunately I have an unexpected trip this weekend and will now be away from Friday to Monday afternoon. should I still pitch yeast? It has a dose of K meta.