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    juice from berries - thick??

    I was giving some blackberries & I put them through a juicer & to my surprise it came out thick.... My question is:: When I find a recipe to make this into wine do I add water to make it less think?? Hope I explained this right? :b
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    Question, corks popped out

    After bottling, I had some corks pop out & looking for ideas what ALL can cause this?? First off I use campton pills & SORBATE. I wait 14 days afterwards to bottle! I try & be careful not to fill to full [have done that in the past] but I do not always degass as much as I should.. COULD...
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    looking for a wine recipe?

    I looked in search & could not find any Watermelon Wine recipes!! Anyone have such a recipe?? Thanks :b
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    question on sweetening

    I would like to make a batch of wine and when its ready to bottle, split the backsweetening wine part [think thats what its called]. Making 1/2 real sweet & 1/2 semi sweet!! I know to add sobate & campdon pills. But wondering when I bottle 1/2 then add more sugar & bottle the other 1/2...
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    1st time dandelion wine help?

    We are starting to pick dandelion flowers to make dandelion wine [for the first time].. Freezing them like was mentioned! [think it was Luc] I found this recipe 2 qts dandelion flowers 3 lbs granulated sugar 4 oranges 1 gallon water yeast and nutrient This is the traditional...
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    Best Yeast for Recipe?

    I bought some nonconcentrated Strawberry/Banana juice. [100% juice. no sorbate] and also some concentrated Welch's grape juice to make 6 gallons of wine... I plan on using the Welch's recipe.. 2 cans (11.5 oz) Welch's 100% frozen grape concentrate 1-1/4 lbs granulated sugar...
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    Luc

    I checked out your GF's art site & I liked the picture that was this written under it.. [Langs de Rotte 05 Miniatuur op linnen Prive collectie ]
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    any thoughts?

    I bottles 2 different wines today. A Vintner's Harvest Blueberry wine & an Apple [from fresh apples]. At the end of this I ended up with 1/2 of each batch left over so I threw them together and made a "mixed" bottle.. Anyone else ever do this? I am wondering how this will turn out...
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    need some help..

    I picked up some Pomegranate/Cranberry juice.. 6 = 64 oz bottles. NOT concentrated.. I want to add concentrated grape juice to it... My Question?? how much do I need to add to make this a 5 gallon batch?? I really SUCK at figuring this kind of thing out!!! Also can I use the normal Welch's...
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    Got a story to tell..

    I started a apple wine from frozen apple juiced & after 6 days I could not figure out why nothing was happening so I decided to check my notes to see if I had used Potassium Metabisulfite instead of Campdon pills AGAIN... Here I never added the yeast!!! :o Does anyone else do silly things...
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    Help~~

    I started a Vintner's Harvest Fruit Bases = Boysenberry on 1/20,, SG was at 1090! Next day I added Red Star Cote des Blancs [had no Cuvee at the time which is what the directions called for].. On 1/29 it was the SG was still at 1090 and I added Red Star Curee and today is still at 1090!! I...
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    WineXpert question [kit]

    I started a Inland Mist Wildberry Shiraz kit today. The direction said the SG was suppose to be between 1048 & 1052.. Mine is 1040 [my temp is at 72] Is it ok to go ahead & add the yeast??
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    a problem or being impatience??

    I have a batch of Welch's wine fermenting.. and I am wondering if I have a problem or if I am just being impatience?? 12/17 started wine 12/18 added yeast SG 1130 [seemed high = but I didn't check the SG before I added sugar - know better now] 12/26 SG 1070 12/31 SG 1060 1/2 SG...
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    Mixing fruit juices for wine?

    I have decided to make a batch of Welch's grape 100% frozen concentrate. But want to make it apple/grape wine. What I would like an opinion on is; do I use 1/2 of the cans grape with the other half being apple?? or am I better to use more of one of the flavors? Recipe I am using is...
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    covering a carboy

    I have a 5 gallon cherry wine [from Vintner wine base can] ready to go to Secondary Fermentation [its already overdo] I have a 5 gallon carboy to put it in but have not gotten the airlock to fit it yet! Question? is there anything I can use to cover it till I can get a airlock?? Getting the...
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    Question concerning a wine kit

    When making a wine kit can I add a sweetener [in what I call the 3rd step].. Hope I explained this correctly??
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    Paying more attention

    I have often seen Jack Keller's site mentioned on here but just ran across it by accident for the first time & was AMAZED at all his recipes! I guess I should have checked the site when I first read about it here! I guess I need to start paying more attention~ lol
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    Wine Gifts

    For Christmas I gave wine as a gift to many.. One of the most asked question was "where did you learn how to do this?" I told them all about this terrific site & all the help I have gotten here!! Just Sharing Here~ :cool:
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    second pack of yeast?

    I accidently added a second pack of yeast to my 5 gallons of Welch's wine today.. It was added 2 days after the first pack.. Did I ruin the batch??
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    What is the different?

    What is the different between Pectic enzyme or bentonite?? I tried to look it up on the web but didn't undertsand what I was reading..!!~ :confused:
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