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Jericurl We drank the second bottle at about 1 year. It still had that alfalfa smell because the bees were near an alfalfa field and the wildflowers. Don’t think it tasted like the honey that a used to make it. Not sure what it taste like yet. Have 2 bottles left guess I will open one at...

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Mead in July Update Bottled my mead at the 6 month mark and ended up with only (4) 750 ml bottles and a very small taste. That was due to racking it one more time before bottling. Starting SG 1.096 Finished SG .994 Back sweetened with raw honey Final SG 1.010 after back sweetening. TA...

Strawberry Wine Update @Jericurl yes, the strawberry wine has a peach toned color. In earlier post I questioned what to add to change the color to a light red. I added 6 drops of red food coloring and it still looked like peach. So I stopped and decided on the next batch I would try the beet...

Strawberry Wine Update Bottled my wine at the 6 month mark and ended up with (5) 750 ml bottles. Starting SG 1.090 Finished SG .990 Back sweetened with simple syrup Final SG 1.010 after back sweetening. But the SG was 1.014 at the time of bottling. TA: .625% PH: 3.6-3.8 ABV: 13% After...

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Welch's Green Chile Wine Update Bottled my wine at the 6 month mark and ended up with (5) 750 ml bottles and a very small taste. Starting SG 1.090 Finished SG .998 Back sweetened with simple syrup Final SG 1.008 after back sweetening. But the SG was 1.014 at the time of bottling. TA: .75%...

Pumpkin Pie Wine Update Well I may have a problem with my Pumpkin Pie wine. The SG moved down to 1.000 and has just stayed there for over 3 days. So I thought it might be a little cool at 69-70 degrees. So I warmed it up to 72-75 degrees for 2 days. The SG is still at 1.000. So I guess it’s...

Pumpkin Pie Wine Update SG at 1.002 so I racked it to a 4L & 1.5L with airlocks.

Pumpkin Pie Wine Update Added the yeast this morning. Starting SG: 1.084 TA: .45% Starting working this afternoon.

Pumpkin Pie Wine Update Rayway and Stressbaby, I will make a note in my pumpkin wine file about using sweet potatoes and toasting/roasting the pumpkin first. Maybe I will try that next year, but this time I’m using the recipe above for my base pumpkin wine recipe to base my like or not like of...

Pumpkin Pie Wine Halloween is now over and I have a few pie pumpkins. So I’m going to make a Pumpkin Pie Wine this month. I found the recipe on Jack Keller’s WineBlog. Could not find some of the items required, so I have substituted and added a few items. Should be ready to drink by...

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Blueberry Apple Cider Wine Update Bottled my wine at the 6 month mark and ended up with (5) 750 ml bottles and a very small taste. Starting SG 1.086 Finished SG .992 Added small f-pack and back sweetened Final SG 1.010 after back sweetening. But the SG was 1.016 at the time of bottling...