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Racked my Strawberry Lychee, want something different. Try this blend, comes in a kit, I really enjoy this one.

Just bottled my Blackberry Merlot got 30 bottles from the batch. Next I'm gonna start my Strawberry Lychee. These two are by far my two favorite blends. Ones red and the other is white. Both are approximately 11% to 12% by volume. Now I've got to run down and pickup some sugar to increase the...

The Strawberry Merlot I bottled last week came out very good. I increased the alcohol content to about 11-12% by adding 4 pounds of sugar with the yeast. As I do with all my wines. Don't like cool-aid. Next week I'm planning on bottling the Blackberry Merlot. And maybe start the Strawberry...

Been a while but I started a white strawberry Merlot and a blackberry Merlot. In the next couple of weeks I'll start a strawberry Lychee. Entered a local contest and came in third place with my Fredonia (added a little rhubarb).

Yesterday I bottled my strawberry lychee and today I capped and labeled the bottles. Now the aging starts....

Second week for my Island Mist - Strawberry Lychee (maybe a problem? might need some help). Yesterday I racked the Strawberry Lychee after 2 weeks (said to do after 5 to 7 days but was still bubbling real good). The S.G. was .992. So today I added the Potassium Metabisulphite #3 and the...

I'm finally back, changed companies and I'm much happier after 14+ years at the other place. Picked up an Island Mist: Strawberry Lychee and started it today. Before adding the sugar to give it a little higher percentage, the S.G. was 1.048 before adding 4 pounds of sugar. The new S.G. is now at...

Finished setting up my truck again this morning... I changed jobs after 14 plus years and over a million and a half safe miles (truck driver). And just finished bottling 15 gallons of wine. 10 gallons of Fredonia and 5 gallons of Diamond. But now I'm lost, I've got nothing brewing anymore...

Just got back from taking my Mom's stuff & car (on trailer) to Corpus Cristi, TX from PA. My Tundra got about 10 mpg going down but got about 15 mpg coming back up. three days to get there and two days to get back. Had dinner at Japanese Hibachi and had sake with lychee. WOW! Need to make some...

Wade go with the fernco (short piece of hose that slips over both ends with a hose clamp on each end). Simple way to do it.

you're welcome, hope it works for you.

Thank you TaTud4life, I just went out and tried it on one of my Heineken bottles (12 oz). It works but a little slower. You could use a 2" pvc pipe and a little shorter.

Not knowing the proper place to post this, here it is. I made this bottle scraper and hope it helps you. When you get into a rhythm it works real good. It can also be used on a table or sitting on a picnic bench sideways. It's made from 3" pvc pipe, the cradle is one third of the diameter and...

the Fredonia is finally ready with first hotpack at 0.994 and the second hotpack at 0.996. Next it was racked and added Potassium Metabisuifite. Waited an hour or so and added the first package of Super-Kleer. The second package was added but I didn't mix it with water first. It seems to work...

Bottled a carboy of Catawba, Saturday evening. And filtered the other Catawba. Bottled that Sunday. Need to wait one to two months for the Fredonia's. Then three to four months for the Diamond.

Saturday a bad storm went through and had no power from early afternoon till morning Sunday. But did managed to bottle the Blackberry Merlot. The Catawba got racked, filtered and back sweetened. And did manage to delabeled 3 cases of bottles. Used a razer bladed window scraper. Then soak and...

Kept busy this morning, racked my Blackberry Merlot and had a S.G. of 0.992, added sulphite and potassium sorbate (I did mix vigorously) then added the finishing blend (blackberry). then the kieselsol and chitosan. I did degas with the drill and the attachment, but also used the vacuum pump (the...

Sorry Tom, you're in our prayers too.

Was going to rack and add Super Klear to the two carboys of Catawba. But no lees at all, so I just added the first part (d1) of Super Klear and stirred it. This afternoon will add second part (d2). So far so good. Six hours later I added the second part (d2). One of the carboys of Catawba has...

Went to Jim Lee's Wine and Beer Supplies in Olean, NY to pickup some yeast, rubber stoppers, air bubble lock, and those vacuum cork things. And somehow ended up with a wine kit of Blackberry/Merlot (gosh, this stuff is good). 8) Will start this one in the morning. And will add 4 pounds of sugar...