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Hey all! Making a blueberry port for the first time (first for any port). I started with about 3 gallons of blueberry juice from fresh blueberries. Starting Pot Alc. around 12.5%. Using a calculation, I stopped fermentation with about 3% sugar remain by adding enough brandy to bring up the...

I just bottled 12 cases of blueberry wine. I had absolutely no sediment in the bottom of my carboys and the wine was very clear. 12 hours after bottling, i had stuff floating in my bottles, not just one bottle, but all of them. what is that, why could I have not seen that in my carboys. I...

I have made my first batch of wine from my own grapes; Catawba and Cayuga White. I have tried to us the Acid Titration kit, but I am so confused and obviously It shows in my wine, both are very acidic. One, is there an easier way to check Acid and two, is there anything that I can do post...

Ok, so I purchased a nice ratchet style press, i canjuice about25 pounds of fruit at one time. I hand picked cherries and I was wondering, do I need to pit the cherries, or can I press the fruit with the pits?

I have made4 kits, and I have (2)6.5 gallon primary fermenters and a 6 gallon glass car-boy. I want to make fruit wines from some fresh rasberries growing around here, but most recipes call for 1 gallon. can I use my larger fermenters and carboy for 1 gallon batches?

Ok, so my first kit ever,Johannisburg Riesling went well; so i thought. After 10 days of clearing, i checked in a glass to the sun and it seemed very clear. So, I went ahead and bottled. As soon as I bottled my first one, I wanted to cry. It is not very clear, it looks somewhat like lemonade...

Hello, I just joined the forum and I am in the process of making my first batch of wine from a Mosti Modiale kit. It stresses cleaning and sanitizing as being important and I understand that. Do I have to make a gallon of cleaning solution to clean my utinsils each timeI want to stir, check my...