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I can't seem to find the frozen triple berry fruit (was at the local walmart here). Any other suggestions, of something else I can try? I'm guessing I could pick up some gallons of Ocean Spray, but don't know what kind or how much. Any suggestions? Thanks!

ok, so I've made a few batches of wine. From kits, strawberries, to skeeterpee, to apples and cherries picked off the backyard tree. I guess I've been pretty lucky on everything, because it's been more or less tastes pretty good (or else I have bad taste buds). I want to step it up a...

I made up 2-3gal batches of apple wine. 1 of the 3gal carboys is cloudy, the other is relatively clear. While I was stabilizing (but haven't added sparkaloid yet), I got to thinking about this. Is it too late to add any PE to the cloudy carboy? I've already added the kmeta +Ksorbate...

Transferred this apple wine from the primary to secondary. I wanted to try something different, so I didn't use any bag (normally I use a tide laundry bag) in the primary for the fruit. This resulted in a lot of fluffy lees. I have not degassed yet, but it's ready. Any suggestions on...

ok, so here is the story. Making a batch of blueberry wine. Using the following 5gal recipie: 10# Regular Cane Sugar 10# hand-picked blueberries 4# Raisins 1pkt Redstar Montrachet Yeast 1 tbls Energizer 1 tbls Nutrient 2 Crushed Campden Tablets 1/2 tbls pectic enzyme 1.5 tbls Acid...

hi, My googlefoo is failing me today. I need to make a fpack for some blackberry wine. I have a 3 gal batch. How many pounds of berries do I need for the fpack? What is the procedure for making the fpack from berries? (I'm assuming boiling the berries down somehow, and then...

An older family member has 3 gallons (12 quarts) of home canned blackberries. They wanted to know if it could be turned into wine. I've made wine from raw fruit before, but never from canned (let alone home canned ) fruit. The blackberries are a number of years old, but still taste...

was talking to a local about the next Island Mist kit I want to do. I told him that I add 4lbs of sugar to them, to bump up the ABV (target initial SG of 1.080ish). He said, a better way of doing this, is to instead, only dilute to 5gal (instead of 6gal). Still go for that target SG of 1.080...

Just wondering if there are any gardeners out there, and if so, what forums do you frequent? Thanks!

hi all, With strawberry season here, I decided to make a batch of strawberry wine. I'm making 3gal off of a 1gal recipie. I'm assuming I multiple everything by 3x except for the yeast) I have a few questions. The 1gal batch calls for 1 campden tablet, and sit for 10hr before you add the...

Hi all, I'm going to try a Welches batch. A few questions: a)Are there any differences between using frozen vs liquid (64oz) 100% Welches Grape Juice? b)Should I use the pure concord grape? Or a different variety? c)Do I need to add any campden tablets to the must, before I pitch the...

Hi all, On 4/23 I moved my skeeterpee to a secondary with SG 1.002. It's now been at .992 for 4 days, but I'm still getting a bubble in the airlock every 30sec or so. Is it still fermenting? I'm wondering if it might be CO2 coming out? It's been @ about 74F the entire time. Should I...

fyi..I was at http://www.pointbrewsupply.com/index.php?cPath=121_27_144 today (physically in the store). they have 6 kits out of 20 left (just got them in this week). They told me that because they ordered these earlier, they come with a $10 coupon off of any Island Mist kit. If you...

Hi all, Basic question here. When moving from primary to secondary, do you try and leave as much sediment as possible behind? I usually do, but I've seen other posts (can't remember where) talk about actually moving some of the sediment to the secondary. Is there a reason for...

Hi All, I'm making up my first batch of SkeeterPee. It's coming along nicely with about a 2" head of foam on it. It's at 1.060SG, and I'm thinking about that last bottle of lemon juice. However, when I started this batch, I screwed up. I mistakenly added all of the yeast nutrient and...

hi all, I remember reading a while back (don't know where) that people had made wine out of Aldi's canned plums. Visited an Aldi's over the weekend, and the canned plums are back. The are basically plums in corn syrup. No sulfites or preservatives added. I talked to one of the managers...

hi all, My schedule is going to be a little jumbled over the next few months. I'd like to try making a batch of skeeter pee, and plan accordingly. For those that have made it: a)How long did it take (over all process)? b)About how long were each of the individual steps? Thanks!

If you saw my other thread, I was asking about proper temp about clearing my Island Mist Blueberry Pinot. I had degased, and the wine is now clearing. The carboy temp was 61. I decided to put a brewbelt on it last night. This morning, I go to check on the wine. The temp is at 75. But...

Hi all, I've got a carboy of Island Mist Blueberry that I've added clearing agents too. The directions say for it to sit for 14 days. What is the best temp for wine to clear at? I've got it sitting in a basement corner. Temp is 61F, and after a few days, I shined a flashlight through...

hi all, this may be dumb question, but does anyone ever add oak to Welches or Old Orchard Concord juice (concentrated or normal juice)?