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Checking out my babies, and I saw this in the bottom of the carboy... I did just rack another batch and the sediment was rock hard (acids??) Is that all this is? Anyone seen this before? Is it O.K.??? The batch is a Frontenac Rosé

3 months to the day, I have opened my first bottle of WE riesling. Good. Not great, but good. The best part is knowing this was my first kit. It is certainly drinkable, not at all offensive. It does however lack a certain fruitiness. It has just a little hint of apple and pear, and I...

Anyone know of a good place to find a guide to yeast? ANY place that has more about yeast than a copy of the manufacturers website? I'd also like to see some recommendations on similar yeasts from different manufacturers. As an example one brew shop was out of the yeast I needed so I had...

FINALLY after 4 attempts I got my Front Gris going! Seems I may have put a bit too much K-meta in to stabilize the juice. Had to splash it around from bucket to bucket after 3 failed attempts to get the yeast going. Apparently EP2 is susceptible to just about everything I did! Well, it's...

Harvest season is here! After just a few months of making wine, I now have 40 gallons going on my own. It's been a bumper crop of grapes at the vineyard where I "play".I have traded labor for grapes. Thought you all might enjoy a couple pics...

I've still been exploring the archives, and seem to get more questions than answers. ;) I read a thread about degassing. Is this something I should be doing with my fruit wines? None of my recipes ever mention it. If so, when, and what does it do? And while we're at it, are there...

SOOO... Thinking ahead, AFTER I have started 20 gallons of wine... WHERE OH WHERE WILL I PUT IT! I maxed out the space under the stairs with my 45 bottle rack. (It helps to have a friend that owns his own winery) The garage is out. 110º in summer, -100º in the winter. O.K. I do...

And yes, I took the picture myself!

Seen lots of questions and answers about bad smells, let me be specific on this one... I started a Strawberry 3 gal and a raspberry 1 gal about 12 hours apart. Both were a starting SG of about 1.085. The raspberry yeast was added 12 hours after the strawberry but didn't start to "take"...

Hi all, Been lurking and reading a couple of days. Started my first 2 batches ever about 2+ months ago. 1 Rhubarb and 1 banana (sounded cool) The banana is crystal clear. The rhubarb still seems cloudy. The rhubarb seemed to go crazy in the primary. It was a slow starter, then...