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Trouble with my rhubarb wine I have made several batches of rhubarb wine but the last one is almost carbonated. I did de-gas it a week or so before I bottled it and it was double filtered and tasted fine when I bottled it. I made it up February 2010 from frozen rhubarb and let it sit in the...

Pumpkin wine We made some pumpkin wine from a 94 lb pumpkin we had a few years back - I don't even know if we still have the recipe (I can check) - it wound up with a very mild flavour but haven't made any since. It was nice and dry though.

vinegar mother BigJeff - It doesn't matter how big your piece of mother is to start the vinegar. Note that the larger it is the quicker things will roll.

Vinegar mother BigJeff - Yes - having a mother or part of one is the quickest way to get things rolling. Just drop her into some wine and give her some time! (even rhymes!) Keep her dark and warm also.

mdenegre's vinegar Hi mdenegre - Is the apothecary jar clear? The vinegar should be in the dark, not even out on a counter unless it is in a vinegar jar that doesn't allow light in. I wonder if that could be the problem?

Vinegar Hi BigJeff: It will be just fine. It will smell like vinegar because of what you added. When the wine is older it changes quicker to vinegar and will develop a mother quicker - mine developed a mother on one of my jars in six days - the wine I had used was about 10/15 years or so...

Vinegar BigJeff and mdenegre: Don't forget to stir your vinegar a few times initially to aerate it - maybe for the first couple weeks or so. umbrellalady

mdenegre's vinegar Hi mdenegre - If this is the second batch to do this molding thing - are you using the same bottle of Bragg's to start it with? You might want to get a fresh, new bottle and use it. Are you covering your vinegar? Where are you storing it? Are you adding water to it when...

Vinegar mother BigJeff - I forgot to tell you that the vinegar is better the longer it sits. You can also add up to 1/2 water mixed in with you wine when you feed your vinegar because there is sometimes quite a bit of evaporation. I never to rarely add any water... As far as storing the...

vinegar mother Hi mdenegre, This is going to sound harsh but looking at your picture, I would say to toss that batch. I have never seen a vinegar mother with that much blue mould on it before. If you had a couple of dots of mould, I would say to remove the mother and just let another one...

Anyone tried the 3-pronged wine whip for de-gassing? How well does it work for degassing?

Vinegar Hi BigJeff I make wine, cider and ginger beer vinegars on an ongoing basis and have for some time. I use large, 1 gallon pickle jars to make it in. I use paper coffee filters and a rubber band(from broccoli) for a lid. It can still breath but the fruit flies can't get in...

UglyBhamGuy - I'm back - life keeps interfering with what I want to do. Did you make a batch of the lemonade wine? If so - how did it turn out?

UglyBhamGuy - I didn't forget you - just been busy with summer. As for the lemonade, it is the frozen concentrate. I have used MinuteMaid and it was ok too. I also make a limeade one that is identical in ingredients (I still use a lemon in it.) but it turns out very (!!!) sweet. My family...

I think that the view of the valley is an excellent idea. I think that although the sunflower is striking and you would be able to pick it out on a shelf very easily, it might be too simplistic and somewhat misleading. Could you get a good morning picture just when the sun is coming up and...

I think that the view of the valley is an excellent idea. I think that although the sunflower is striking and you would be able to pick it out on a shelf very easily, it might be too simplistic and somewhat misleading. Could you get a good morning picture just when the sun is coming up and...

UglyBhamGuy, I forgot - sometimes the fermentation will stick on this - I use an old waterbed heater to warm it up slightly and it takes off. I generally don't have to clear it but on occasion have. Umbrellalady

UglyBhamGuy, I am finally posting my lemonade wine recipe. I have been making it for so long that I don't have any s.g. readings, etc. Lemonade Wine 10 cans Safeway brand lemonade (355 ml) 10 lbs sugar 29 liters of water 2 campden tablets 1 pkg of Lalvin Kl-V1116 yeast (proofed) 1...

skeeter pee Thanks for the recipe and information on Skeeter Pee. Being from Manitoba, I understand why a Minnesotan would call it that. It sounds like it tastes a lot like my lemonade wine but I won't know that until I try to make a batch. I think I will give it a try next spring because I...

skeeter pee I have to ask a very dumb question - what exactly goes into skeeter pee and why is it called that?