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Howdy Folks, Just made my first batch of the RJ Spagnols Amarone with the 16L juice kit and the wine skins (basically raisins..). Fermented it in my primary until it was done fermenting, as per directions, then mixed in the stabilizer (sorbate) and the sanitizer (k-meta). Transferred it...

So I made the plunge, bought a big ole steam juicer and 24 lbs of strawberries ($1/lb). I set everything up, loaded in 8 lbs, steamed for 90min, checked, steamed for another 45min, and filled about 2 litres worth of canning containers. There in lies my difficulty. Reading recipes, most...

Howdy Folks, I'm contemplating using the big bunch of slowly ripening Saskatoon Berries outside to create a port-style wine. Would this work? Any suggestions? I've only really made one kit, 2 batches of SP, and a light champagne so far. 1) Pick a god awful amount of Saskatoons 2)...

Howdy Folks! I've be chatting with a few friends about our up and coming University graduation. We are all enrolled within an Environmental Engineering program within Alberta (going on 4-5 years for most of us) and we were wondering, is there any fruit/concentrate combination that will allow...

Howdy Folks! I've once again come back for some of the boundless SP knowledge you all possess! :) I had let my SP ferment to near completion and then racked it to a carboy to ferment dry (~0.995 SG). At this point, very little CO2 was being generated out of the top. I degassed the hell out...

Just started my first ever batch of SP (and 2nd ever Primary Fermentation!). I've read through the forums, and I've lurked around the posts. There seems to be a lot of stuck and troubled fermentation. I've got some troubling news, and I'm not quite sure how to ask it without being to smug...