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    Bramble tip wine

    Hey, has anyone tried making bramble tip wine? Was wondering how it might taste. We are loaded with wild blackberry vines and thought I would like to try it. Also, read somewhere that you could also make wine from grape vine cuttings. Does anyone know the process for that? any recipes? Any...
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    Cleaning freezer

    Hey there, I need to clean out the freezer and I have some fruit from last year and thought I would make a blend. I also have some bing cherry pie filling that I made up and froze. Anybody have any ideas as to whether I can use it for wine? I believe I put sugar and cornstarch in it. Also, what...
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    How brown is too brown?

    Hey there. I am making wine from a Liebfraumilch concentrate. It's Alexanders. It is really brown. Like, rootbeer brown. I have fermented it to sg .990 and sweetend slightly. It is a little weak tasting. Not sure I'm gonna like it but really it's the brown color I am worried about. Should I be...
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    Plum Boysenberry, tart!

    Hey there, I made a plum and boysenberry wine last fall and it is very tart. I didn't check acid level cause I don't have equipment for it. I am hoping that it will mellow out a little with time. Any thoughts?
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    Got any good Ideas

    Hey there, I was wondering if anyone had any good ideas of what to add to these. My friend brought me about 25 lbs of a late harvest wine grape. Don't know what kind. I was just getting over the flu and didn't want to think about them too much at the time but now I am getting the itch to do some...
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    oh no! did I ruin my wine

    Ok, I tried to post already and not sure what happened but here goes again. I need to know if I ruined my wine. I didn't read my notes and forgot I already added campden and potassium sorbate. I just sweetend and added 1/4 tsp potassium sorbate and 1 campden to each gallon. the sg was below.990...
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    can I bottle yet

    Hey there, I have a sweet cherry wine that has stopped fermenting at 1.014 and has been there for a month or more and the airlock had evened out so I added campden and sorbate and stirred well. The wine is clear but the airlock is now back under pressure. Can I bottle or do I need to wait. I...
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    fruit flies, HELP!!!

    Ok, how worried should I be. I have tried to be very careful but these flies are awful. I have a trap out and am catching them but they are still in my house. Last night I was working on some grapes, smashing and juicing and working with a fan on trying to keep flies away. Put juice in primary...
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    renting a wine press

    Hey there, I was just wondering if it might be a good idea to rent a wine press for the day. I just picked 75 lbs of a green seedless grape and 55 lbs of a red seedless grape and the thought of trying to juice them all with my little food mill is a little daunting.:re Also, was wondering if I...
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    how much is too much residual sugar

    I've been working on this apple wine forever it seems. I started in early December and the fermentation was stuck at 1.040 so I added Montrachet yeast and it started again. Now it is down to 1.008 but seems finished. Is that too much sugar still. The start sg after adding sugar was 1.120
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    fruit fly in airlock

    I found a dead fruit fly floating in the solution in my airlock. Does anyone know if I should be worried?:?
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