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  1. andy123

    A sort of a Port

    vinifera. vinifera. vinifera. vinifera. vinifera. vinifera. vinifera. vinifera. vinifera. vinifera. vinifera. vinifera. vinifera. vinifera.
  2. andy123

    33 pounds of Northern Indiana blueberrys

    Now where is that port recipe? It was a long drive back to Central Florida. Is everyone good with Jack Keller's recipe?
  3. andy123

    Port style wine

    I decided to try a making a port wine. Not finding much info on it. Sure could use some advise. I took a Vino Vida Cab Sauv kit saving 1 gallon of concentrate as an F pack. The other 5 + quarts I mixed with a small 3 gallons of water and got a 1.084 SG. Then I added 1 pound of sugar. The master...
  4. andy123

    Taint the wine I was trying to make.

    I started a Welches Niagria last month. It began with 4 gals of Welches and a gal of apple and 5 lbs sugar and some EC 1118 w/SG1.094. After 4 and a half days I tasted it and it was nice SG 1.012. I decided to stop the ferment so I added Kmeta (2.5 times recommended amount as I assumed some...
  5. andy123

    This funky old wine aint so bad.

    A while back :seI was doing a piesporter. When I transferred it to carboy it left a nice cake of lees behind. Seeing it inspired me to look around for fermentable. I had a gallon of Welches white grape juice. In the pantry I found a can of peaches,one of pears and a pineapple too. I ran them...
  6. andy123

    Solid Bung concerns

    I had read a post where a vinter put a solid bung in a carboy taped it down and bulk aged his wine. After a time he found the jug leaking and discovered a crack. He blamed the crack on pressure caused by temperature change. I was bulk aging some peach wine with a solid bung for a few months...
  7. andy123

    Muntons Continental Pilsner

    I've read a lot of opinions about this beer. Many say the yeast is an ale yeast because it is dry. But I have purchased dry lager yeasts before. Munton's wording is something like pilsner style beer. Once in for all I would like to learn definitively is this beer an ale or a lager. George and...
  8. andy123

    Corn starch issue

    I was given a bunch of peach shake base. I think it's for making smoothies.I was able to ferment it by mixing it with fruits or juices reducing the sodium benzoate preservative. This makes a tasty peach wine but it stays cloudy due to corn starch. I have tried sparkaloid, bentonite, pectic...
  9. andy123

    Fruit bag effectiveness?

    Last year I made a strawberry that everyone loved. This yoer I decided to make a larger batch. I took 19 lbs of cleaned strawberries(2 flats)with 2 lbs of grapes and a few bananas. That much fruit wouldnt fit in any sack I own so I set it free in the fermenter. After 5 days of stir and ferment I...
  10. andy123

    So I made this peach wine sorta

    It all started out well enough. A friend of mine gave me several cases of peach shake base to make wine with. It's a strange product for making smoothies I think.Peach bits in a corn syrup and flavorings. But the ingredients included a preservative that would prevent...
  11. andy123

    Who's up for booze quotes?

    I picked up a few the other day; Give a man a beer,he'll waste an hour,teach a man to brew he'll waste a lifetime.anonymous Always remember I have taken more out of alcohol than it has taken out of me.Winston Churchill...
  12. andy123

    RJ Spagnols Reclcling Wine

    I pigged up on a closeout @ a LHBS. I got spagnols,how do you pronounce that anyhow, juice buckets at $49.99 each.a riesling,a white merlot and a pinot noir .I found 2 to be a year old and 19 month for the white merlot. I emailed spagnol and their rep said they recommend using before 18 months...
  13. andy123

    elderberry juice

    Here in Central Florida elderberrys grow wild everywhere.Its difficult to be in the country here and not see elders.Some places they run along roadsides for miles.I was contemplating a large harvest ,then squeeze juicing the heads and bottling pure juice + K-meta without pasteurizing the juice...
  14. andy123

    Grapefruit wine smells odd

    I made mixed citrus wine ( jungle juice ) a couple years back and although it had nice features i always noticed a sour orange after taste.After a time I sent it to brandy service.Now i've begun a new grapefruit wine featuring seasons best GF juice and welches white grape and again I smell and...
  15. andy123

    Cellar Craft Date code and other confusion

    I found the code was simple enough from lot #A,B,C = JAN, FEB,MARCH followed by the 2 digit day and 1 digit year.So I determined my California reserve SYRAH was packaged on March 26th 2009.BUT, they dont pick grapes in California in march so when and where did our grapes grow?I'm not...
  16. andy123

    HERES TO BOB MONDAVI

    5/16/2008 Robert Mondavi passed away.he lived to 94 and loved wines.Mostly california wines.He traveled the world into his90s promoting the health and joy of wines.Napa valley has lost one of its heros.Goodbye Bob.I have never been disappointed with your wines.Rest in peace.A wine critic...
  17. andy123

    donut wine

    i had some friends about a decade back. i found them hitch hiking thru orlando.they looked like they were on their way home from woodstock. they were returning from a couple yearson saint thomas us virgin islands.anyhow they told me a story about bob day,and bob day's donut wine.it seem bob...
  18. andy123

    jungle juice

    i felt an urge to make something different.i wandered about abandoned groves and collected some oranges,grapefruit,tangerines,and sour oranges.then i added a few lady finger bananas and finished up with some canned pineapple a frozen lime aid and a couple welches white grape.between the...
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