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Call me low class, but I sometimes make freezer berry wine...whenever store bought fruit (mostly strawberries or blueberries) stay in the fridge too long, we freeze them, until we have enough to make something...I wouldn't call it db, because it's really just random stuff thrown together in an...

According to google, a cup of sugar is 773 calories. So maybe a way to think of it is 70 calories = 1/10th of a cup. From there, I have seen estimates of how much a cup of sugar increases sg, but I'm sure this is wildly inaccurate. Of course I am curious if the moderators will kill this post...

Also, as for the remaining wine, I don't know if further processing makes a difference, but you would normally be wary of your headspace. I hope you're racking to a carboy just big enough to handle the remaining wine, and not a drop more. The reason bottles have "bottlenecks" is to minimize the...

Why wouldn't you wait on fortification until fermentation is complete?

I've heard that watermelon takes some love (meaning either work, luck, or time). I'd be interested in knowing how the watermelon turns out.

I think they're using cans of concentrate instead of pure juice? The juice would reduce the apv more than concentrate.

How much does 15 cans make?

Also, if I can recommend a book for you, The Joy of Home Winemaking by Terry Garey gives a good introduction, especially if you want to keep it simple at first.

I still feel like a noob at this, but I typically give red wines six months, racking every two. Iirc, you are supposed to keep going until the wine no longer looks hazy, and you stop getting sediment in the bottom (which indicates that the wine has cleared). At that point, you can add your...

My wife and I made a batch of blueberry concord that we both loved. I can't remember the name of the book, but we got the recipe from the small purple booklet that LHBSes sell for around $3.50. I bought a 3 gallon carboy, doubled the recipe for a light bodied juice wine (using a 3 quart bottle...

Because the triforce is gold-colored and it is supposed to restore light (or something), I would think a white wine would be better for that purpose. Like maybe a skeeter pee with citrus and tropical fruits. And since we are talking about something meant to be obtained by a five year old, it may...