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What if I were to ferment water and sugar to get the desired ABV then after stabilization and such added the juice in for back sweetening. Reason I ask is this I am going to make a mulberry wine but the problem is i only have 1.5ish gallons of juice and i would like to make a batch larger than...

used 5 cans frozen apple concentrate way to many peppers- 2lbs give or take red and green jalapenos in a bag water up to just over 2 gal kicked in acid blend - whatever directions were i forget and i dont have pack in front of me yeast nutrient - same as acid blend yeast energizer - same sugar -...

2 gallons welches white grape juice 1 gallon ~12lbs honey water up to just over 5 gallons yeast nutrient yeast energizer pectic enzyme wyeast sweet mead yeast last night when i got this set up it was sitting around 1.100 i will check again tonight before i pitch yeast. This is going to be a...

in primary 1gal honey (clover and wild flower) 12lbs straberries yeast nutrient yeast energizer pectic enzyme wyeast sweet mead yeast 4oz american medium toast oak chips sg before pitching yeast 1.080 3 cans welche's strawberry breeze added in secondary 12lbs strawberries to be added for...

I have a large pile of obsolete (to me) items from misc purchases that needs to go. (2) 6gal Better Bottle carboys SOLD Super Colonna capper SOLD Double lever capper Double lever corker hydrometer SOLD thermometer SOLD funnels clear beer bottles (170ish 12oz and 20oz bottles, pop top not screw...

Getting ready to fire up a strawberry once i juice my berries and I get some more. Im currently sitting at 24lbs I plan to try to get that many more again today if they have them in stock. one question for you seasoned strawberry vets whats a good yeast? I am looking to go somewhere around...

Has anyone tried these? http://www.vinport.com/acdcwines i think i would get them just to add to the collection but still pretty cool

I looked around and found nothing right to the point I was looking for. What is the difference? I personally havent used Vintners Harvest Wine Base yet but I was thinking of giving it a try. What do you personally prefer and a little background as to why?

Just picked up my first 2 kits First is the Island Mist Peach Apricot Chardonnay Second Island Mist Blackberry Cabernet im going to be starting one of these shortly after they arrive, once i empty up my good primary. :db

I went light on the fruit because well its stupid expensive right now I will back sweeten to bring fruit flavor forward. 6.5lbs frozen blueberries 15lbs clover honey (cheapest I could find) water up to 5.5 - 6 gal heated the honey up to make it a little smoother in the water placed frozen...

typical dragons blood receipe with a twist Quad Berry Blend - Raspberry, Blackberry, Blueberry, Strawberry 6lbs Lemonade concentrate to help reduce acid plus add sugar without adding sugar Real Lemon Juice - 6-8oz didnt measure exact but far less than normal Malto Dextrin - 2cups (to make up...

okay base story, lots of bananas sugar nutrient and all of that good stuff sg 1.150 EC-1118 this stalled out at 1.060 still plenty of sugar and roughly sitting at 12% right now, EC-1118 is good up to 18% and WLP700 is good to 16% so im looking for something like 1.030ish i then racked this...

frozen wine :slp any problems with that aside from its froze?

Just started another batch last night, 4gal batch 12 cans frozen grape concentrate 1 cup sugar water up to around 4 gallons 3tsp Acid Blend 4tsp Yeast Nutrient 4 tsp Pectic Enzyme EC-1118 Heated the juice concentrate to a warm liquid, poured into primary, then added water up to...

anyone have any good tricks to mask the smell? I have my buckets and such in a small closet, and i haven't had any issues until now, the pear wine i have going has a very strong smell, unlike the other things i have made. of course its day 2 and my wife is not happy, anyone have a good trick to...

Well I found out my grandfather has a pear tree, and it has a bunch of pears this year and hes not doing anything with them :h. So I went and did some picking this weekend, this is the tallest pear tree i have ever seen, 20ft extension ladder on one side and i was able to reach about 5 pears :(...

I saw this posted in another thread and it hit a nerve and here we go 4 gallon batch 12-14 pounds ripe banana's 5 tsp Acid Blend 1/8tsp K-meta 12 cups granulated sugar (ran out adding more tonight) 2 2/3 cups brown sugar (ran out adding more tonight) yeast nutrient added 18...

I am looking at starting a batch and I would like to fortify with Brandy, lets say i set my SG at somewhere around 12-14%, I am going for a sweet wine here so I would stop this at 1.010-1.020. if this is a 6gal batch and I would like to bump this up between 15-20%ABV how much brandy would one...

Has anyone used these kits? I was thinking of trying the Blueberry Shiraz for my next blueberry batch, how much do these kits make 4gal?

has anyone else experienced this? ive noticed it on my batch of dragons blood, i opened it up and i get the distinct smell from the bung. its that rubber smell, then when i take a taste off the top it is for sure there not terribly just its there. is this normal?