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We like to make our fruit wines around 11-12% we slowly add the sugar straight to the must,stir like crazy, check SG... then add the sulfite ... 24hrs later give it a good stir again then add the yeast. It has worked for us with out a hitch so far!! We just pitched the yeast on a batch of...

I wouldnt worry too much. The German lady at our LHB store makes all her kits with only 5 gals instead 6 and has won many medals at local contests. I would think that as long as the starting SG was where you wanted it ,it will be fine.

Can you post the recipe you plan on using?

After a long Hiatus we are" back in the saddle". Mrs Chevy decided on this one for our newest batch. We started a 5 gallon batch instead of the normal 6 gallon and added 2 1/2 cups sugar for a starting SG of 1.068. Added the yeast 2 days ago and now its roaring away. We'll keep ya posted on...

Nice job SWILL !! What cherries did you use? We use Montmorency and the resultsare excellent. One batch was left straight and the other we sweetened up a bit ! The rhubarb was a strangeone for us. smelled "off"up tobottling and after about 6-7 months in the bottle its very nice! Mrs Chevy...

We have had a crazy past month here in Chevyland!!! We did manage to rack the "new year" wine to secondary and now its settling out a bit before we rack again. Mrs Chevy has been working on the Church Auction the past year and last night we attended it. Between working,buying,dinner and...

well it looks like the Mead has finally finished fermenting. we shut down the heat in the "wine room" and letting it settle out for a while before we rack! that was a close one!!!!!! We added some white raisins and then it kicked in bigtime. we left them out when we racked to secondary and...

PWP, That looks like a blast!!! But Warren...isnt that a city here in Wisconsin? Sounds like a long way for you to drive. lol They do grows a lot of Cranberries there though. I love the German Shorthair Pointer. Mine was 9 1/2 when we put him down.Best Damn hunting dog there ever...

Got a spare room Waldo?..... But up here in Wisconsin we have 58* one day,Tornados the next and then 3"of snow the day after that, and thats in January... Mrs Chev and I are heading down to Georgia in April and then to Talladega for the Nascar Race to see it southern style. Might not...

The New Year Wine was started on the 6th and it smells incredible!! Its a 6gal batch of cherry/whitegrape.Should be ready for secondary tomorrow! pics after the racking.

well I was wrong the bubbles were only sitting on the surface .After starting this batch on 12/05 its at a SG of 1.060. ive noticed some small white cottony(?) looking things forming on the surface Ive scooped them out before I stirred it but they come back after a few days.I added some nutrient...

Very Nice job,Jobe!!! We have yet to start ours.I took my youngest out rabbit hunting on Sunday Morning and by night I felt pretty bad.Went to work on Monday and by the end of my shift I was down for the count. Called in sick the last 2 days.. I bet my Sgt. and Lt,. are not too happy with...

Ok .....we changed our mind.... the "New Year"wine will be a Cherry Grape blend 60/40. hopefully we can get the mead out of primary soon or we'll be buying a new bucket!

We bottled our second batch of cherry last week and this is going to be a very nice batch. Our first was from whole cherries then this batch was from fresh pressed juice. Cherry #1 was left drier and Cherry #2 was sweetened upper Mrs. Chevy we left it sit a couple weeks before bottling and it...

Heres the Port Label Compliments of George. Been done a couple of months now and we think its very nice .Hard to keep it hidden until it gets some age on it.

Wade were you "cold stabilized" when you were young and aging? ....... when I was deer hunting this year and came home each night even 65 felt hot! After sitting all day in a tree stand at 20* you kinda get used to the cold. Im just wishing for things to go right with my kids the next...

We are hoping for a floor corker . And for the Public to behave themselves for one day so I don't have to work on Christmas!!!!!!! As far as the cost of heating... We keep the heat around 67during the day and 65 at night . The colder it is in the house the better for keeping warm by...

We checked theacid today and it was around .525% Temp is at 72-73* and now its bubbling away. I can sleep easier now.... Mrs chevy went to pick up some supplies for our test kit and came home with a whole new tester for us that works like a charm!!!!!!

It was from a recipe book at our LHB Store. very similar to the ones posted on this website under "recipes" and actually a little less acid than the recipe on here. I'll have to check it when i get home from work today. Mrs. Chevy is out shopping today so she cant check it for me. Hope the...

Heres the recipe: it was for 1 gallon but we adjusted it to make 4 gal 12lb s Honey-sweet clover Water to make 4 gallons 4tsp Nutrient 1 tsp tannin 6tsp Tartaric 10 tsp Malic 2tsp Energizer Lalvin D47 SG 1.095 starting Im going to turn the heater on and bump it up to about...