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I did pitch the yeast wet, but the water wasn't too hot. It was the same temp that I always use. I don't think that is the problem.

Thanks Wordy!!! You just made me realize one of my blunders!!! I did not add any Kmeta. :slp I got confused for some reason. Do you think I should add the kmeta now and pitch another dose of yeast after a couple of days? Also, I will raise the must temperature. Thank you very much!!!! I...

Hello all!!!! It's your friendly tattooed amateur wine maker here! I am in need of some help! I started my batch of muscadine wine on Saturday. My wife and I hand squeezed 38# of muscadines ( a wine press is definitely in my future.) I topped off to 5 gallons with water, added my sugar to...

What is this pathogen you speak of RunningWolf?!?!

Went to the Banner Elk Winery today. Very nice place and some very good wines!! Will be back in the future.

pwm99, those are awesome!!

Heading to Boone, NC tomorrow morning for an short anniversary trip with the wife. No kids, work, or yards to mow for 4 whole days!!!! Oh yeah. My newest batch of cherry limeade will be ready to rack when I get back! Will have to start another batch or 2 of it and of the strawberry. My...

Ok. Thank you very much for letting me know! I'll check it as soon as I get a chance. Thanks again!

Nevermind. I'm an idiot!!! LOL It helps if I read the pop-up and then actually remember what I read. The browser at work is outdated now for Picmonkey. It is asking me to update it and I don't have clearance to do that here. :( I'll have to start making them at home then printing them at...

Well dang it!!!!! Picmonkey is now a pay for play site!! The vendor on here that does labels takes too long to download a pic on my computer. >:( Does anyone know of another site that is good for label making??

SHEW!!!!! Mowing season has been going full blast, overtime flood gates are wide open at work, and I have 36 gallons of wine waiting to either be back sweetened , filtered, or bottled. Hopefully, I will be able to tackle all of them tomorrow before I go to work!!! At least I am getting the...

Racked, cleared, stabilized, and back sweetened my sangria and moscato wines last night.

Awesome!!! Thanks Doug!!

Can I use the pump? Or gravity feed? I have read that starting the siphon manually can transfer bacteria to the brew from your mouth and that is not a good thing. Like with wine making, I have a lot of questions about homebrewing. LOL

Hey Steve, I pplan on kegging my beer once I start brewing. Do you have a way to use the all in one pump to keg with? Or is there an aspect of kegging that I do not understand just yet? I am still looking into homebrewing, so I am not real familiar with all the processes yet.

www.hopville.com appears to be a very good site for brewing recipes! I found my beloved Guiness on there and that will be my first attempt at homebrewing!! :i

www.hopville.com is another good site for recipes. I believe you have to join first, but it is free. I could be wrong about joining though.

Well, I was finally able to get a couple more glass carboys the other day. I racked 2 batches (1 batch I racked 3 times to degas) using the mighty allinone. I had it all done and the tubing cleaned up in 15 minutes! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS PUMP!!!!! Best investment I've made for making wine...

I've used lime juice before, but I haven't tried any other type of juice yet. There is thread on here where someone made a mojito version using grapefruit juice. Might want to check it out.

Racked and back sweetened my apple wine. Racked, stabilized, and cleared the strawberry. Fed the dogs. Cut my hair. Now I'm at work for the night.