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Much has happened since my last posts. I’ll have to spend some time catching up with the latest comments, issues, and successes. To let everyone know, I am an amateur winemaker who has made over 50 different types of wines. I usually make between 150 to 200 gallons per year. This includes...

The follow recipe for turnip wine which came from wine-making-guides.com: (Turnip Wine Recipe) Winemaking Ingredients: Turnip Wine - Wine Making Guides 4 lb / 1,800 grams turnips 3 lb / 1,350 grams sugar 1...

We finally harvested our Blanc du bois vine. We ended up with over 40 pounds of grapes with 24 pounds going to the madeira aka, Figeira. That left more than 16 pounds which we juiced and ended up with about 1 1/3 gallons of grape juice. We added 1 1/3 campden tablets and put the juice in the...

At the start of 4th, my wife and I picked about twenty pounds of mustang grapes. We had planned to use the grapes for the madeira but twenty pounds seemed a bit light given that we would only use the inside of the grape, no skins. This would have kept the madeira as a "white" and would have...

Based on some comments Tom made in another tread, and I'm sure he did not mean for it to be taken this way, I plan to make a Crystal Light wine. I plan to make some alcohol wine and back sweaten it with Sam's version of Crystal Light. Since there is not any fruit involved, it should clear...

My wife and I are heading over to a friend's house on Saturday to pick some Mulberries. The friend has two trees, one with the dark Mulberries and one with white Mulberries. I looked up recipes for Mulberry wines. Wade E has one post using frozen Mulberries and Keller has a couple of recipes...

I ran across a Maderia recipe that uses figs and bananas. Anybody here ever make it? Thank you. e-wine

I started a two gallon batch of Mango wine. Man, those guys are slippery but they smell great. I'll try to update my other threads with the data I've collected so far. Take care. e-wine

I started a one gallon batch of Banana wine. By far, this is the worst smelling must I have started. I'll add the yeast later today and will provide more information as I test. e-wine

I started a two gallon batch of wine using Ocean Spray Craisins. I used a recipe for dried cranberries. It is still in the primary so I do not have any information on it yet. I'll up-date as soon as I test. The per gallon cost for the craisin wine is less than the cost for the raisin wine I...

Okay, I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask and I want to direct this first part to the amateur wine makers. What is the largest batch of Fruit Wine you've ever attempted? What kind was it and was it from fresh fruit? Would you try it again? Would you try a bigger batch...

On Thursday, I also plan to start a batch of sweet potato wine using, you guessed it, a recipe from Jack Keller's web site. I also what to make some sweet potato pies since I now know my wife likes them but that's a different story. Any input on the wine will be appreciated. Thank you. e-wine

I plan to start a batch of beetroot wine on Thursday. I still have to buy the beets as well as bump up my supplies. I plan to use the recipe cited on Jack Keller's website. I wanted to fine out what experiences you could share on the beets. Thank you. e-wine

I'm new to wine making and wanted to try making some Country wines. I just started a batch of pumpkin wine and wanted to see if anybody had any input they wanted to share. I plan to make both dry and sweet and had thought about sweetening some with brown sugar. I made some fig wine earlier...