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Hey guys, so I went into my basement to see how my babies are doing and I found this ugly monster on top of one my sangiovese carboys. Did a little research on jack kellers site and some google images of "mycoderma" and "flowers of wine" and none of the photos really look like my problem...

Hello everyone, last night I took a walk down to the basement to make sure my purple lovers were doing ok in their new glass houses. Airlocks are still showing activity as they have been for 2 weeks which makes me a happy camper. BUT... I took a look at my 6 gallon carboy of Alicante...

Hey everyone, about a week ago I purchased a few pales of Sangiovese, Alicante and Zinfandel. All of them had a OG of around 1.090. I pitch the yeast and in three days the SG dropped down to 1.005ish on all of them. Fast if I may say so. But last Sunday I picked up a 6 gallon pale of...

Hello everyone, Yesterday I purchased 6 gallons of grenache and put it in my basement to have it get to room temperature. This morning I opened up the pale and and found it was a rosé and not the dark juice I was thinking it would be. I never made red wine with grenache before so I'm...

Hello everyone, So I am stuck on the fence here with may oak choices for this years batch. I have my order coming in 2 weeks or so. I am gathering up my materials (yeast, oak, ect...) now so come crunch time I can hit the ground running. What I have ordered are: 1 x 6 Gallon Grenache 2 x 6...

Hello all, been a while since I have been in here. Been real busy at home and work. Don't get the time to relax like I used to. I hope everyone is doing well. I am hopin to pick your brains with an idea I was having for this years bach of happy juice. This is going to be my first time...

Hello everyone, I picked up a Brewers Best Brown Ale the about a month ago. I got that bad boy fermenting and it stopped about half way through. Hydrometer has been steady at 1.030 for weeks (Starting Gravity was 1.070 or in that range). I tried racking hard, stirring and pitching more...

Hey everyone, So last year I embarked on my own wine making journey with out the help of my father. My dad is from the old school (press grapes, throw yeast, wait then drink. If unpleasant, add ginger ale). That's how I was taught growing up. Anyway, having never really learned how to make...

Good day everyone, so I have been contemplating what I am going to make this year in wine. I narrowed it down to a 3 quarters Merlot - 1 quarter Cabernet blend. I then saw some mixed black and I thought I wanted to give it a try. From what I understand it's just a mixture of random dark...

Hello all, It's been a busy few weeks and I haven't been dropping in here as often as I should, but the other night I sat there and was thinking: My wine is where it should be interms of SG (.998) and it is as clear and clean as a whistle. It's been 2 months since my last rack and I was...

So when I decided to make wine for the first time without my dads "pitch yeast and pray" method, I turned to you guys for help. Being most helpful, I am honestly say this has to be (although still young to be tasty) the most beautiful wine I have ever had my grimey paws on. A big thank you for...

Hello everyone, I have a 6 gal carboy of Petite sirah/zinfandel and alicante blend that I just racked off of a 3oz bag of light toast american oak. They were in the wine for about 2 months, as recommended on the bag. I am, however, quite concerned. This is my first time ever using oak...

A man walks into a bar, takes a seat and waves the bartender down to order his drink. "Scotch please" says the man to the bar tender. The bartender nods in acknoweldement. He leans over to grab the bottle when something strange occured. A little person climbed his way out of the...

Good evening y'all, This Saturday I was planning on racking into some fresh glass. I figured while i was at it I would add my stabilizers and sulfites. Before I add my stabilizers though I wanted to ensure my fermentation has completed. So I took some samples this evening and noticed that...

So, I was speaking with my father the other day about aging and fining agents and aging. Dad is a from the old school. born in italy, his wine techniques and approach to wine making is simple, squeeze, add yeaat, wait, drink. No agents, no sulfites, no hydrometer...nothing. But never the...

I am not one to broadcast my religious/spiritual beliefs, nor impose them but the message is still the same. Without creeping TOO many people with witchy stuff I would like to share with you my holiday wish for all of you. Today is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, as well as...

Hey guys, this is probably me freaking out over nothing but a put some heavy toast oak cubes into my 6 gallon carboy of Petite Sirah/Zinfandel/alicante and light oak chips in my 6 gallon carboy of zinfandel/alicante over a month ago and not a single one of them have sunk to the bottom...

So I never had a Barolo wine (I know I know...bad italian) so I did a quick bing search and apparently this is the king of wines and the wine of kings in italy, quoting the web. SO I was thinking about making a kit on the recommendation of my wine supply guy. SO I was looking at Winexperts...

Hello everyone, so I have been posting here for a a week or so and lurking in the shadows for longer and realized I never introduced myself. My name is Steve and I am a 27 year old rude New Yorker who tends not to introduce himself. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and moved to...

Hello everyone, This is my first post here. I did not find the answer I was looking for by searching the threads or the web so I was hoping you guys and gals can help me out. I had made wine with my dad for years but never a white wine, so when I moved in with my lady, she wanted to learn...