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James, Yep I go to Defalco's too often... Infact I am going Saturday morning and running my new Jeep buy River Oaks Jeep (4 miles from Defalco's) since they forgot to hook up my Emergency brake LOL... I need more bottles to bottle my Dragon's Blood "Especial" this weekend...

James I hear you..I cannot tell you how much wine junk I have lying around already.. All because my work Buds sucked me into this! Wife loves wine but looks around what is suppose to be closet space under the stairs and a formal dining room and shakes her head... Btw you must not be to...

Dave, When you add the oak chips after adding the clearing agent I assume you just rack off those again before sweetening and bottling?

Finally Got my labels in and on

Okay this back sweeting is driving me crazy... I am going to take a 5 gallon carboy from .990 to 1.10 so that should just be 4 cups, Nice and easy. Well I am trying to test on 750 ML bottle which is ~1/5 of a gallon. I mixed up 8oz of Sugar in well only 3 oz of water... don't ask.... I...

Okay just racked to 5 gallon from 6 gallon after racking, sorbating meta, and super kleener last weekend. It looks nice and clear. I can't say that the picture does it justice! Now time to back sweeten:)

I was jumping around different threads and came across the back sweetening with Honey vs. White Sugar. I am reading this smooth's things out more? Since this is my 1st batch should I just go Sugar or does this help mellow the lemon faster? Also I was reading the Raisins and Banana's in a...

Okay I am excited as I started my 1st batch of Dragon Blood Sunday, 4/14... I am getting ahead of myself but here is my 1st label mockup!

okay I did mine without a filter and it seals good but pumps a ALOT of air out into the recieving carboy. It appears the filter keeps a layer of oxegen at the top that keeps sucking through the hole but never goes away. Is this because i did not use a filter at all? If i tip teh filter over...

Dang I ordered the 158117 as the other was not in stock when i ordered, sadly the 158117 has a release valve on top which I assume willl cause an issue. I guess I will run some test runs tonight with it and the PD-1-934 filter as it looks shorter than the PD-5-934 filter. Or even run tests...

So Dave did you like the move to the Cuvée yeast?

Jim What are a few of your favorite Welch's recipes as I was thinking of going to DeFalco's here in Houston tomorrow and get 5 1 gallon jugs to experiment with.. I just need some choices :)

I took it off after 24 hours after reading all the responses and other threads and just loosely placed the bucket lid on top... It worked great. ~ 6 days later (3/22) at 1.006 I reracked to carboy and air locked. It was was bubbling once every 2 seconds at 1st through airlock now it is clam...

Okay I just got around to racking to primary and it was at SG of 1.004 to 1.006... Now in Carboy and air lock bubbling about every 3-4 seconds ... Now for this baby to sit for some time... Does this look full enough?

Julie thanks for the input ... I actually started with lid lockled down for day one but then read lots of folks just lay the lid on with no airlock so i did removed airlock and loose lid covered. I just measured SG again and now at 1.014 so i guess close enough to rack to secondary carboy by...

ok I altered my Cheat Sheet for next time per the comments so far ... Making Wine from Welch’s Concentrate in 6 Gallon Carboy 1. Clean: Clean all items with B-Brite. Bucket/ Carboy, etc. 2. Sterilize: Sterilize all items with Sodium Metabisolufate. Use 1 gallon jug fill with ½ water then...

Sara, Thanks for the guidance!... So OG was 1.100 and SG is now at 1.024 is that a 76% drop?

Okay my 1st wine has made it from OG of 1.1 (3/16/13) to SG of 1.024 (3/20/13). I thought somewhere I read wait until below 1.005 to move to Carboy and airlock but being the newbie I wanted to make sure I do the right thing. The Yeast is still bubbling actively, so when should I move it...

wow I was off on what yeast i used. It was Red Star "Premier Cuvee.... I don't know anything about the yeast differences so i need to look up a few threads and start reading.