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I need to back sweeten 3 gallons of muscadine wine. Any thoughts on how to do this?

My wife cleans the bottles and I sterilize them with Kmeta and water and let them hang on the drying rack, not all the kmeta drains out and my wife thinks she can smell metasulfite after we fill the bottles with wine. The last 150 bottles we corked last week we I followed this technique. Clean...

I thought about taking 8 carboys outside for Cold Stabilization. My wife said the temperature fluxuation could damage the wine. It will be a high of 50 and and a low 20 in Arkansas. My freezer only holds two carboys and I thought I would do 8 then rack them at the same time. Any thoughts.

I have a freezer with a johnson controller set at 28 degrees. The cheap sweet wines I don't bother with only the nice reds. Should I run the all through the freezer? Any thought?

Any tips? I never CS my Summer Breeze or Skeeter Pee and similar wines. I always CS my good wines right before I bottle them. One year to two years. I put it a freezer with a johnson control set at 28 degrees. I leave them for two to four weeks then bottle. Question... Can I CS right after...

I use 6 frozen white grape juice, 14 cups of sugar, 140 OZ of skittles. 6 gallons. TOO much sugar. I racked and topped of with homemade white mascat symphony sauvignon blac wine. After it cleared, I racked and tasted it. STRONG!!!!!! What should I top off with? It doesn't have a...

I never use my mini jet and still has the box that it came in, plus I'll throw in the filters. Free to a good home. PM me your address and I send it to you. I'm lazy so it might be 3 weeks before I get around to going to the post office. Any questions. 501-622-9773

Can I back sweeten mead with honey and water? I started the wine over a year ago. It's been bulk aging in a carboy. I thought I would back sweeten and bulk age for one more year then bottle. How much sorbate should I add to 6 gallons? Thanks,

Candy Cane wine. Candy canes boiled to a syrup. Sugar boiled to a syrup. 1 tsp acid blend 2 tsp yeast nutrient 2 tsp yeast energizer Yeast EC 1118 Starting SG 1.08 75 degrees Start date was Feb 5th 2013 It never started to ferment. I added more EC 1118 and yeast energizer on the...

8 pounds of skittles and 14 cups of sugar! Will this ferment?

I use argon gas to top off and bulk age in my carboys. I replace the gas every month. I've got 17 carboys filled with wine and argon gas. I've been doing this for 2 years and haven't had a problem yet. I didn't want to blend other wine with what I am making. I don't like using marbles. I had a...

I've got 2 carboys sitting in my freezer with a Johnson controller sit at 28 degrees. They have been there for over a month and I won't take them out for another two weeks. Will this effect the wine because I'm being lazy? I just started 4 kits with 5 kits standing by. I need to rack an oak...

Forgot to add sorbate before bottling two batches of Summer Breeze. Should I drink the 60 bottles next week or relax and spread it out over two weeks?

Mine sucks. I've never tasted any other mead. I guess I could drink a glass but I would have to choke it down. I followed the recipe. It's only 10 months old. I guess my question is, does all mead suck? Do you back sweeten mead?

I've been making wine for 1.5 years and have made over 1000 bottles. I have been keeping my good reds in the carboy for over a year. Kool aid wine for 4 months. I just talked to a guy that said keep the good red wine for 6 months then bottle it. Any thoughts?

Has anyone double filtered? Does it effect the wine? Can you filter after the primary fermentation? I double filtered some Skeeter Pee today.

I'm thinking about putting some Chocolate in my wine? What kind and what should I do? How long? Powder or bar?

I've made a couple kits and have some tartrates in the bottle. What happened? Didn't degas well? I bulk aged it for a year.

I'm out of Super-Kleer and I'm making Skeeter Pee. I do have some Sparkolloid powder. Will this work or should I order some Super-Kleer?

I started out using number 8's for the first 30 bottles. Will that be okay? I used number 9's on the second 60 bottles. I'm scared the number 8's will leak. Thoughts?