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I do the very hot water soak and scrape with a metal scraper to get the label itself off. Then for the residual adhesive I use "Fast Orange" citrus based hand cleaner and slather it over where the adhesive is. Let is set for, oh I don't know, maybe 5 or 10 minutes max, then use an SOS pad and it...

I agree wholehardedly! I also save to multiple flash drives and an external hard drive!

I started using a spiral notebook and it just got to be a mess with changing items, misspelling, forgetting to input info, not being able to read my own chicken scratching, etc. I now just use "Notes" on my IPhone. I list the name and year of the wine as the title, the ingredients then start a...

I've got 3 gallons of Blueberry bulk aging, 1 gallon of Syr Michael of York Mead clearing, 2 gallons of Pineapple in secondary, 3 gallons of Cranberry in primary and prepping 1 gallon of rhubarb, all going right now. Self-quarantining is helping get things done for sure! Looking forward to local...

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Thanks Vinobeau!

Bernard, Interesting information on the addition of powders with edges in a gaseous solution. I’ve always dissolved in a little water and added just because it was less work getting it mixed in the carboy. Haha I did something right without knowing it!

Thank you for all of your replies. Any and all information is always greatly appreciated! Vinobeau, I did use 1 tsp of sorbate for 1 gallon as that is what the directions on the pkg said to use. Are you saying this is to much for Rose Petal wine or all wines in general? I’ve always used the...

Bernard, Thank you for the reply. I agree it seems as though some type of chemical reaction is going on but exactly what it is and how to combat it in the future is what’s bugging me. It may very well be acid related. At the present time I don’t have any way to test the PH of my wine. It’s...

Hi all, Ok so I just finished a gallon batch of Rose Petal wine per one of Jack Keller's recipes online. Everything went great. I let it clear on it's own for a few months and it was beautiful Rose' color. I racked off of the very fine sediment into a sterilized 1 gal jug and then added 1...

Thanks JustJoe! Sounds really good! Just may give it a go.

-Concord grape wine (very 1st attempt, ZERO clue what I was doing. Found out I'd better do some research!) bleh.. -Concord grape wine (2nd attempt) pretty good at first, very good after 4 years. - 5 gal -Blueberry wine - 1 gal -Moscato wine - 5 gal -Old world Moscato wine - 15 gal -Semi-sweet...

Thanks for the welcome!

Hello All, I've been dabbling in winemaking for a few years now but definitely consider myself a rank amateur! Looking forward to gaining some knowledge and insight here. Todd