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Just started another 5 gal batch.. 1185

I bottled most of mine tonight....i ended up with 9 bottles of Sp and 6 bottles of berry Sp... In the berry one i added 2 cans of frozen berry with no back sweetening. Its very strong berry flavor. The gallon jug is my margarita pee, the frozen cans had alot of pulp in it so its not ready yet.

wow, that was cool :)

It turned out far better than i would have ever thought possible. In the last week since I stabilized and hit it with sparkolloid the flavor has changed alot....it was very tart but it has mellowed out..I back sweetened last night and now just waiting a few days to make sure it doesn't start...

How's the db coming along?

Yea i looked at the brute this weekend, its very tempting but i want to start a mead and a few others before my next pee.

I backsweetend my pee tonight.....i now see why its pointless to make a gallon batch... We are gonna drink half a gallon tonight, lol. Also want to say, this wine has changed alot in the last week..... last week it was very tart but its mellowed out.... i just hope i have some left at the 2...

I just found 77- 750ml bottles, 4- 1.5L bottles and 2- 1 gallon jugs for 10 bucks.

Update....the SP has been at 0.992 for a few days now..the wine bottle was starting to clear, i could see a light from behind it....today racked to a new carboy and got to taste a glass that I back sweetened...its turning out great....the rest I degassed with my break bleader and stabilized...

Update. Checked on my SP tonight, its down to 1.000 and still bubbling away....starting to see sediment across the bottom of the carboy. Im ready to degass but the wine is not...........soon :)

Yea they are pricey, i did find very similar bottles from local wine shops for half the price...

I found some cool 12 ounce bottles for skeeterpee... but I dont know if you could seal them very well.... Has anyone used them before? http://www.instawares.com/libbey-bottle.lib13151017.0.7.htm?s_cseid=PGBR

Thanks but i really didn't come up with it....a few people around here have posted about adding it at different times.... But i do think it helps the yeast start off strong.

Update.. When i tested the SG today it was down to 1.010 so I racked it to the 5 gallon carboy. I also had a full wine bottle left over. I put an air lock on both. I get little to taste, the lemon flavor is just about right, deff can taste the alcohol...it looks like this is gonna turn out...

I added 48 ounces of realemon lastnight, about 24 hours after i pitched the yeast....lastnight before bed it had another 1/4 inch foam head, gave it another good stir. This morning it had about a 1/2 inch in foam...I know the org recipe calls for almost 100 ounces of realemon but alot around...

Just started 5 339+5= 344

yea, its a 5 gallon batch....adding the lemon juice now....

I just got home from work and had about a 1/4 inch of foam at the top....gave it a good stir, do you think the yeast is going well enough to add some realemon? and if so, how much? I was thinking maybe a half of a bottle, 24 ounces.

So i started my 1st batch of wine last night....I mixed everything up following the standard SP recipe except i didn't add the lemon juice....I'm going to add it in slowly as fermentation gets going. Started with SG at 1.080. I followed the directions on the yeast and this morning i can see...

I work within 5 mins of Fine Vine Wines (Dallas winemakers toy store) they are very helpful and for me its very convenient.