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  1. Kracker

    camden issues

    i added crushed tablets before bottling 3 days ago, the crushed particles are still floating around?
  2. Kracker

    yeast slurry?

    sorry to be a pain, i have searched and googled and cannot figure out what yeast slurry is. its an ingredient in skeeter pee.
  3. Kracker

    First Dragons blood attempt

    Getting ready to start my first batch of dragon blood. should the fruit be mashed up or put in whole im not real clear? ? also anyone have the recipe breakdown for 5 gallons? im not good at that part
  4. Kracker

    HELP! bottling day is here and its chunky?

    im making 5 gallons of fruit wine, as i have many times. 3 days ago per directions i added 5 tablets of camden and P.sorbate . now for 2 days i have had suspended particles! its now bottling day. i was thinking just filter it thru cheese cloth?
  5. Kracker

    fruit juice wine separation??

    we have done mango several times now, it always comes out easy and the same, great. we started some more 5 days ago. the same added the same amount of everything, with 1 cambden tablet and within 1 hour it was totally separated. im lost. now we also decided to try apricot. never tried that...
  6. Kracker

    Looking t make first strawberry wine from fresh fruit, help a newb?

    I have never made wine from fruit, only joice. so, I have these 2 recipes TABLE STRAWBERRY WINE (5 Gallons) 12.5 lbs. Strawberries 1/8 Tsp. Sodium Bisulfite Pectic Enzyme (as directed on package) 5 Tsps. Yeast Nutrient 1 Tsp. Wine Tannin 8 Tsps. Acid Blend...
  7. Kracker

    a jack keller quote, can someone please explain

    i try to study his directions alot, but this one has me stumped, does this mean we should add camden or PMeta every other racking? :?
  8. Kracker

    degassing help needed

    degassing help needed please ready to bottle!! so my wine is done clearing, last night i racked it off the lees and added 1 camden tablet so i could bottle it today then remembered i need to degas, so i modified a spoon to fit my drill, works great but how long do i do this? does it have to sit...
  9. Kracker

    Does it matter what wine is in what color bottle?

    i assume the dark reds need dark bottles to block UV? aside from that guess, i have no idea ?
  10. Kracker

    potassium sorbate, when and why?

    when and why should it be used?
  11. Kracker

    did I ruin it? whirfloc tablets

    so I have a gallon of garlic wine and a gallon of onion wine that I have had going for a while, for cooking. they both hit .999 :r well they were VERY cloudy and my LBS told me to add 1 whirfloc tablet each then bottle. did they steer me wrong? everything iver read online says they are for...
  12. Kracker

    removing labels, leftover sticky residue THIS MEANS WAR!

    arrrrrrrrgggghhhhhhh! this sticky goo wont come off, not even with rubbing alcohol, i even tried a bit of moonshine, nothing :ft:slp:gb tips?
  13. Kracker

    How are wines named?

    just curious because because after we bottled our first batch which came out superb my wife asked if I was going to name it, but knowing nothing about wine names I had no idea lol
  14. Kracker

    First attempt, great, but?

    we decided to try this as a winter project. so far so good, too much reading and cannot seem to get on jack kellers site as its been down. so we tried a fruit wine from juice. it is now no longer putting any air into the air lock. its crystal clear. but i still have a SG of 1.025, and has...
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