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I entered 3 fruit wines to the 2015 AWS national in Virginia. My Black Raspberry received a Bronze, my Cherry/Chocolate received a Bronze, My Rhubarb/Raspberry received a Gold. Along with the gold it also won Best In Class and was awarded the Les Sperling Fruit Wine Award. Did any other...

I was given 20 lbs of honey, a very dark honey with a bitter taste. I made 5 gallon of traditional mead following a traditional recipe. It boiled and worked great for a week then died. The Mead was started in September 2014. I did everything I could think of from my wine making brain but could...

I was able to get 20lb of a very dark honey from a friend only cost is some Mead when it is ready. Now my problem I have never made Mead. I want to make a traditional Mead like the old Monks made. Can someone give me a good recipe?

:s I had a 6.5 gallon batch of pure Concord from grapes, all hand pressed juice no water; done, stabilized and back sweetened ready for bulk aging Tasted GREAT. I just racked into a fresh Carboy and was moving it to my aging area and YES I dropped it, SMASH; GLASS and wine everywhere. OH I am...

Anyone entering or going to the National in Sandusky Ohio. I plan to enter 2 wines and maybe attend Friday also I have entries ready for the AWS regional in State College Pa. and entries for a local one in my area. Hope to add some medals to my cellar.

I made 10 gallon of Peach from fresh peaches. I took enough peaches to make 10 gallon without water and put them in a blender and made 15 gallon of puree. When it reached 1.002 I racked to the secondary. It has now been setting at .0999 for 3 weeks with bentonite and nothing. Last evening I...

Picked 1 gallon yesterday and 1 gallon tonight hope to get a gallon each night until this weekend then make a 5 gallon batch of Black Raspberry wine. Made one last year and it is GREAT drinking a bottle now.

My sister gave me enough Blueberries, Raspberries, and Blackberries to make 10 gallon of each, I also have 10 gallon of Apple, So now they are in primaries. I have 6 gallon of Rhubarb/Apple, 6 gallon of Strawberry, and 6 gallon of Cherry/Chocolate in carboys ready for bottling. My question is...

Has anyone tried this. I make my own Maple Syrup from trees I tap at my cabin. Usually it takes 60 to 75 gallon of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup. I made 4 gallon of great syrup. This year I took the last 40 gallon of sap and boiled it down to 5 gallon and made wine. Has a strong overpowering...

I was given 80 lb of free bananas and made 15 gal o banana wine

Anyone ever make an apple wine with redhots candy in the secondary?

My Cherry/Chocolate and my Blackberry are ready for the bottle. Last evening I adjusted the acid and added grape concentrate for body. I plan to bottle on Sunday after it has some time to clear out. The Blackberry is super clear and brite but the Cherry/Chocolate has some haze from the...

I have 5 gal of Cherry made from fruit and 5 gal of blackberry made from fruit. It is in the carboys sitting at .990 but the taste is a little flat. I am looking to adjust the acid which is a step I have never done before and do not want to ruin this wine. Any recommendations ?

Made our first batch of Pee. Cherry and Blackberry racked off and used the lees along with lemon and sugar. Looks good

Hello, I live in Pa and enjoy amature wine making, Hunting, and hanging out at my cabin. I recently won 2 Silver Medals, 1 for my Blueberry and 1 for my mixedberry judged by 3 American Wine Society judges. I currently have a carboy of Cherry, 1 of Blackberry and 1 of Reisling going. Just...