Recent content by zelix

So I bought a tropical bliss kit. I put all the ingredients in the 6 gallon fermintor. filled up the water a bit and realised that it was a 1 gallon kit. I was so pissT at myself. So What to do? Well all I could think of was to add more sugar. I put in about 5 lbs. The SG reading was: 1.092...

Bottled the Dragon's Blood. I got some custom labels made. I'm really happy with this. I'm going to make another batch real soon. Mixed the dragons blood with some club soda and a few berries. Really refreshing little beverage.

I bottled the Pinot Nior. That Portuguese corker worked nicely. I'm completely happy with it. I racked the dragons blood and added clearing agents.

So last night I took a reading. 0.992. I racked it, degassed, added the clearing agents according to the instructions. Now it's a waiting game for it to clear. I started a batch of Dragons Blood. It didn't seem like it was fermenting. I though the yeast might not have worked. I added a second...

Wow looks awesome. That's a cool bottle. How sweet is the 5 cups? I'm making 6 gallons of this. I'm looking to make a somewhat sweeter wine. I dont' want it to be like syrup though. LOL

Mrs. Norris. She was an office cat. I brought her home due to being away for this covid 19. She loves being at my home. She's here to stay now. I'm not sure how old she is. I'd say around 4-5 years old. We have two other cats that are 14 years old. It's about time to get her another Lion hair...

The racking is complete. She's happy and still working at a slower pace

thanks I read the thread. My latest reading is 1.006 I'll rack it into secondary fermentation carboy tomorrow morning. Wish me luck.

So my next step would be secondary fermentation. When do you know it's time for this? Edit. I just read to rack at 1.010 to secondary. Which is a glass carboy.

Thanks for replying. I was hoping that I was going about all this the right way.

Specific gravity reading is 1.036. Added yeast nutrients. I'm guessing things are going along as they should.

I wish I could just 'freestyle' it. I'm on my first kit. I'm following everything to the letter. I'm guessing I should follow the rules to learn them. When I get a few batches under my belt I'll jump out doing my own thing. I do want to get into country wines. It's something I'm reading up on at...

Thanks for posting the video. That was really helpful.

Wow that blows my mind. potentially 30 gallons of wine. Here I am thinking I was doing something with 6 gallons. LOL On this first one I'm trying to follow the instructions of the kit to the letter. I guess my thinking is you need to learn the 'rules' before you start breaking them. My hope is...

Wow I didn't know that. Goes to show I have a lot to learn. Thanks for letting me know. I'll be getting a reading tonight. Wish me luck. I'm in Lawrenceville area. I have to be honest with you. I was happy I could read it at all. 😆