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Well, I have it in primary. But, I am confused. I made a rookie mistake and tried to fit it all in a wine kit primary bucket. With 30 lbs. of fruit, it quickly filled up. So, I transferred it to two 5 gal primaries. My problem is with my initial SG reading. I expected no more than 10 lbs...

Will do. Thanks Julie.

Hello All: I've got 30 pounds of local blackberries from last years local harvest thawing. Please check my modifications to Tom's 6 Gallon recipe. I removed the concentrate because I don't have any. Would appreciate any comments. I do plan to adjust pH in the primary with Calcium...

Great. Thanks saramc.

Sounds like I'm going to add some pectic enzyme. I'm cooking down the fruit now. Thanks for the help everybody! EDIT: Can I add it any time, or does the syrup need to be cool? Thanks.

Hello all: I started a Vintner's Harvest Blackberry at the end of last year. It is nice and clear, but quite light-bodied. I did use 2 96 oz. cans for the 6 gallon batch (essentially doubling the 3 gallon recipe on the can), but it is in dire need of blackberry flavor. I'm picking up 9...

I'm just going to leave it for a few months. Time is a good thing I read...

Tripplett: I'm in close to the same spot with a batch of DB. Everything looked good to me when I transferred to secondary at 0.996. I went ahead with the K-meta and K-sorbate, but held off on the Sparkaloid. I proceeded to degas for about an hour with a Fizz-X. I was no longer seeing...

robie: I really think it is a yeasty smell. The only noticeable rookie mistake I made on the fermentation was to leave my brew belt on when the yeast started producing heat on its own. My temp got up to 88 before I removed the belt. It finished fermenting down to 0.992. I'll just be happy if...

saramc: No pulp transfer. I used a mesh bag for the berries. I originally transferred from primary to carboy, degassed some, and let it sit. I just recently racked it back to a new carboy to get it off the lees. So I guess I have technically transferred it once and racked it once? Just...

I'm only into my second batch, and still quite impatient I'm sure. I started a Vintner's Harvest Blackberry on 1/1/13 (2 96 oz cans for 6 gallons). It went into the carboy just below 1.000, and I have since racked it off the lees twice. I guess it is still quite the premature wine, but I...

Since I only have a 5G and 6G carboy, I'm going to buy a second can of VH blackberry and make 5 gallons. Thanks.

Thanks for the feedback Sammyk. I'll look into the jam addition.

Hello: I'm new to the craft and getting ready to launch into my first batch. I picked up a VH Blackberry can after tasting some very nice Blackberry wine produced locally. Hopefully, my batch will get close! Anyway, my equipment kit only has a 5G and 6G carboy. So, I'm going to go for...

Hey, It's winenerd here. I'm tired of reading and ready to light the candle. Hopefully, this nerd can make wine! I apologize in advance for the dumb questions... :) winenerd