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Hello! I was wondering if any of you guys could help. Basically on my last batch of wine I had doubled the amount of kmeta needed. It tastes like a bar of soap and not wine! Dam. Is there any chance the taste will fade or shall I put it down to a big boo boo and throw the batch out? Hope...

Hey y'all. Does anyone have a recipe to make wine out of dried rowanberries? Cheers Dan

I was actually thinking of trying out saturating my wine in a new oak barrel this summer for 3-4 weeks and observing the difference in the taste of the wine. However, I wouldn't have a clue on how to prepare an oak barrel. Does anyone have any good reading material before I set out?

This is my winemaking area, it's just a table that extends onto my kitchen. I don't like to move about carboys too much about the house. And so yet the hopes of me one day having a proper wine making room are still just dreams...

Hello all, Could someone help me understand how to use the Mini Jet filter properly. A few days ago I filtered a 5 gallon Elderberry wine carboy that I thought was clear enough to filter. When I pushed the on button, the wine started coming through and doing its job. Five minutes later, hardly...

Hi guys, I made a batch of red wine from pure grape juice I bought from the supermarket the other week. Starting S.G. was 1.100 and today's final s.g. read at 1.008. However, I am quite disappointed with the colour, as it looks more like a Rose than a typical red. Will the colour darken...

Hi all. Was just wondering if any of you had a Gooseberry wine recipe with recipe notesthat has been tried and tasted and would be able to send me one? DJ

Can the juice squeezed from lemons be a good substitute for acid blend? DJ

Hi all. Another question for the experts! If I wanted to make a medium dry red out of grape juice, and wanted around 14-15%abv, how do I achieve that? I thought that the amount of sugar you put into your wine raises the abv as the yeast has more food to eat on? Is it just a case of...

Hi! Sorry, I may be a little dumb here, but can any of you guys help solve some confusion? I have been reading the paragraph on Sweetening on http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/8280/sugar.htmland they suggest this table as a guideline to sweetening your wine. <TABLE...

Hey all, I have noticed that a lot of you guys recommend Welch's grape juice for making juice wines, and you suggest using the frozen stuff. It's probably a silly question however, butstores here in the UK do not sell the frozen juice? They just sell this...

Hi all, Was just wondering if any of you guys could explain to me how one determines how much acid blend to put into wine?Do you put it in with all wines, and when? Thanks!

Hi, I came across this forum a few weeks ago and you all offer some very sound advice. I started making wine from inspiration from my dad a few weeks ago. Here is a snapshot of one wine out of 3 I've got on the go (bear in mind I started it last weekend). It's a Tea and Sultana wine...

Hey guys, I'm going to attempt making my first 'red' wine tomorrow, and was wondering if you could give me some advice on whether or not I should add pectic enzyme to the must. Here is my anticipated recipe to make 1 gallon: 2 x 2ltrs welch's red grape juice (from conc.) 2lb sugar...

Hey, I'm a bit of a 'newbie' in homebrewing. But, I have a question for you guys who are experienced. Should I add Yeast Nutrient to every batch of wine I make? Or is this only reserved to flower country wines? (probably a very silly question - but my dad showed me how to make apple...