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I noticed many of my bottles of pee have a stringy solid in them after laying down for 3 or 4 months. They taste fine. I'm thinking it could be due to sediment + the curved bottle. Anyone else notice this? Do I have anything to worry about? :?

Just an FYI -- our local target store has 1g apple cider + spiced cider (store brand) on sale for $1.83/g. We've been addicted to making hard cider lately, so I picked up 6g for less than $15... :try

Hey! I've had some grapes in the freezer since late summer/early fall and the lady would like the space back. If I had to guess I would say I've got 20-30lbs in ziplocks. I pulled them out and let them thaw for a couple days and I'm ready to start making wine with them. Anyone have a good...

I'm about to start my second batch. I have: EC-1118 71B-1122 RC-212 Which is best for the pee? :r

I'm going to bottle half of my skeeter pee in beer bottles... How should o sterilize the caps?

My SP finished about 1mo ago and was stabilized at that time. It just finished clearing. Should I stabilize again before bottling? Thanks!

No... I'm not crazy I promise. Does anyone sweeten at bottling? I've got 3.5g of blackberry that's been cleared and stabilized since September and again when I racked it a couple weeks ago. I bottled all but 1g dry b/c I really liked it. I'm thinking I'll sweeten what's left. Does...

Anyone have a cheap manual solution for vacuum degassing? I'm thinking something involving a vacu-vin

I've got my first batch in the primary and just about finished fermenting (I took a page from Wade and left it there). I'm about to go into carboys for clearing and stabilizing. What do you guys add to finish off/backsweeten? I'm thinking something like 1small bottle of lime/gal + 1/2c...

My black currant is really tart. I love sour stuff but I don't think I could drink more than a 1/2 glass. Must: 4quarts "Just Black Currant" juice 1/2tsp energizer 1tsp nutrient 1.5c sugar disolved in 2c water 1 campden tab Starting SG: 1.064. Made starter from must and pitched...

My pee is almost done (been 1.000 for day or so -- still degassing a lot). It smells a bit soapy, but tastes good. Is that the sulfur problem people talk about? (I expected more rotten eggs but you never know I guess).

I kinda figured once it got goin' it would be done in no time, but it's takin FOREVER! Started around 1.070 11/16. Down to 1.022 11/26. Tastes nice, but not as lemony as I expected. Around 1.050 (11/21) I added the last bit of RealLemon, energizer and nutrient. I'm still whippin and...

I'm brewing 1g of black courant. Started at 1.064, down to 1.011, but all signs of fermentation seem to have ended... (I know I know, visual signs of fermentation are not reliable). It's been hovering close to 65 in my basement. Should I remove the belt or let it go with the belt for a few...

Does anyone put their hydrometer directly into the primary? I use a test vial thing like I assume most others do, but then I need to clean and sanitize a baster, the vial AND the hydrometer... sure would be nice to reduce that to one piece of equipment atleast while it's in the primary! :sn

It's been almost 10 days since I started the pee (with a starter)... been whippin' like crazy, keeping it warm and basically no change in SG. Well I started a chili wine with a welches, black courant, and apple juice base 2 days ago and by yesterday it was on the move somethin' fierce. I...

I racked and stabilized 3g of blackberry and 3g of blueberry 2 nights ago.... this evening I went down to bottle some apple cider and I noticed one of the plugs had blown out of the blackberry. This wine was started 8/25, racked to secondary about a week later and has been aging since then...

I don't have a slurry to use (the apple cider wine didn't produce much of a slurry so I tossed it). I have some all natural organic cranberry juice in the fridge (no preservatives). Can I use that in my yeast starter? I think it would have a nice flavor. Anyone have advice for making a...

As the title states, I'm gunna make an fpac for my strawberry wine. Do you all freeze the berries first? Thanks!

Greetings - I'm following a recipe for "instant grape". I started it about 3 weeks ago. When racking to the secondary, I added a clarifier "sparkolloid". According to the recipe, if I'm not going to filter (I'm not), I should rack again, back sweeten/add remaining juice and stabilize...

I just racked my first dandelion into a clean secondary... seems to be clearing nicely. It's been in the secondary for about 3 weeks now. The SG is 0.992 and seems stable there. The wine has a lot of citrus and tastes it, but I think it's decent. Should I add k-meta and potassium sorbate...