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The numbers for my berry weights came from a book of recipes that has been in reprint many many times since '72. Perhaps my pallette is not well developed, but so far, the three batches I have racked have all tast very much like the fruit I used! I realize that I may get a fuller, more fruity...

Welcome Mark! I have a Blueberry in secondary. It was the second batch I started brewing. My 3 gal batch was made with 8lbs of blueberries.

I really prefer to make my wines from fresh/frozen fruits and/or vegetables. I am looking forward to trying a pumpkin spice, and just pitched my yeast today to a Thawed Elderberry/Fresh Grapes mix. Both my previous Elderberries fermented like mad and the first is very slow in fermentation...

I guess I am really going out on a limb with fresh/frozen berry wines and an Elderberry/Grape! :)

I am very new to wine making but my understanding was that if your wine is not at a proper pH, then fermentation will be lacking in some way shape or form. My Elderberry wines both needed considerable acid blend added to get the ph to about 3.2-3.6. The thing I really noticed with both was the...

It is tough to have the patience! I keep looking at my wines and wondering if I should rack it again, but the 3 batches I have in secondary have only been there a max of 7 days! Considering that most of what I read says secondary fermentation should be 5 to 7 weeks, I am learning the patience...

Welcome from NE PA!

I do this for both to save a few bucks by brewing my own and to enjoy a fresh new hobby! I have four 3-gal batches under way, and it is looking to be about $3.55 a 750mL bottle right now. From the tasting I have done at wine festivals and the tasting I have done of my own underway, I am going...

Welcome from another Newbie in NE PA!

Thanks Everyone for the warm welcome!!

My first wine batch, 3 gallons of Elderberry, was racked to secondary in only 5 days. It dropped from 1.102 to .996. I don't know how or why. The secondary has slowed considerably in 5 days.

Hello. My name is Ed and I am from Northeast PA. I recently got interested in home wine brewing, and after a few weeks of research, started my first two batches of wine on August 27th-Elderberry and Blueberry. Both of these have been racked once already. Amazingly, the Elderberry went from...