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I made a peach-apricot wine and I knew I should add extra pectic enzyme but then forgot to do it. I racked, treated and added SuperKleer and that's when I realized my mistake... the wine would not clear. I stirred in more pectic enzyme at that point and have it's been 3 weeks since that. The...

I am growing just a few grapevines in my yard. A couple of my vines were growing nicely this early summer with huge beautiful leaves. Within the last 5 days or so, the leaves are starting to thicken, curl and get dead, dried up areas. We are having an unprecedented heatwave right now... multiple...

I recently made a strawberry guava Dragon Blood. After fermentation, I racked multiple times with my AIO and added potassium metabisulfite and potassium sorbate then backsweetened and finished with SuperKleer. It cleared beautifully and I bottled it probably a 5-7 days ago. I opened a bottle...

So my husband knocked some bottles off a table and broke one of my empty carboys that was sitting below them. Can anyone give me some tips on how to hide a body? ;):p

I made a Dragon Blood variety with grapes as my fruit. I followed the recipe, adding pectic enzyme as suggested. The wine fermented, I racked it multiple times with my AIO, treated, backsweetened and added SuperKleer. A week later, the wine has only dropped a small amount of sediment and it is...

I made a plum and berry DB that I started about 10 days ago. I've been following the standard steps that I've done a hundred times before. I checked it yesterday and everything was fine but I knew that that it would probably be done fermenting within a day or two. So I went to take a hydrometer...

Bench testing fortified wine before noon probably isn't the best choice 🤣 :d ;)

Hi all! Awhile back someone mentioned using a specific brand of extract for flavoring wine. It may have been @KCCam??? Anyway, I'm making a straight Dragon Blood white wine but want to add some flavor after fermentation either in the form of a syrup or extract. Anyone have a specific brand...

My huckleberry wine is about done fermenting. I would like to backsweeten partly with a syrup made from more fresh huckleberries. So I'm cooking the berries with sugar and plan to strain it after cooling. My question is whether I need to add a bit of pectic enzyme in order for it to clear...

I've finished clearing a batch of DB but I'm waiting for another batch to finish up so I only need to deal with carboy cleaning once. The wine has quite a bit of headspace after racking off the lees. Will it be okay for the week or so (hopefully) that it will take the other wine to catch up or...

I recently made a batch of Dragon Blood. I went through all the regular end of fermentation steps, including degassing with my AIO, and then added SuperKleer. As anyone who uses the product knows, it usually clears wine within just a few days. However, I'm 2 weeks in and it hasn't cleared much...

Huckleberry DB coming up!

Hi all! Yesterday I mixed up 2 different batches of Dragon Blood. I was going to pitch the yeast today only to realize that I only have 1 packet of EC-1118. I do have a 71B...if i use that, do you think it will significantly change the flavor profile? I'm making them for a friend and I don't...

Rather than revive an old thread, I just wanted to say thank you to @CDrew for the best label removing hack I've find to date. I had some bottles given to me but the labels were impossible to get off so I was ready to throw them out. Your method is working like a charm!!!

I was wondering which variation of Dragon Blood or Skeeter Pee you've made that is now a favorite? Or are the originals still your go to? For me, my favorite Dragon Blood version is a toss up between the original and a Concord grape. Then my husband loves my pink "Moscato" variation which is...

I'm a home grape grower with just 9 vines around my house that are all less than 3 years old. There is nothing fancy about my "setup"...most of the vines are just intended to grow up my chain link fence. I'm currently struggling with a gopher by one of my vines. I've tried a trap but he somehow...

I've never exactly followed the Skeeter Pee recipe to the letter in that I've not done the second addition of nutrient and energizer. I have always made a hybrid SP/DP 6 gallon batch with 11 pounds of sugar and so, in the past, it had fermented just fine without it. However, after my last stuck...

I'm making a lime Skeeter Pee. I started it on May 14th but it appears to still be fermenting. The hydrometer readings for the last week have not changed (about 1.008). The airlock is still bubbling, although slowly. I tried adding some yeast Energizer, raising the temperature to 72-74 and...

This is about my third batch of Skeeter Lime, which I turn into a mojito wine after fermentation by adding mint and fortifying with rum. Anyway, all of my Skeeter or Dragon Blood batches have fermented in 5-7 days. This batch has been fermenting for 13 days already and is just at 1.014. The...

I have a bumper crop of apricots this year and would like to make a raspberry apricot Dragon Blood. I was wondering if I need to pit the apricots first? I know I've made a plum wine before without pitting them...just squeezing the fruit and being left with the pits and skins in the fruit bag...