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Well I accidentally added sugar twice. Long story short had a few homebrew last night and got bored and noticed I had a empty one gallon and some apple juice added random amount of sugar and campden tab. and let sit until tonight then as I was adding sugar again tonight I read the hydrometer...

First of all im in central Florida. And this is my second year muscadine. First year I had no idea about this forum or the fact that I had to prune lol so when it was Dormant I cut it back to two main trunks dont kno what the training method is called but im going for it anyhow any fruit it...

Just got a noble muscadine and its all over the place but has one good branch that I kno ill use as the main trunk is it ok to go ahead and trim it back? Also if I could prune now do I do it before or after I plant?

Well last year I baught them and let them grow and didn't kno they needed to be pruned then I pruned them down to two main branches so one can go each way and now there filling out and looks like little grapes are growing now do I cut them off now? Ive read dont let them produce any fruit also...

Well I just got my first ingredients kit and its a true brew nut brown ale. I am extremely nervous im going to do one little thing wrong and ruin the whole batch so I have a few questions for y'all 1. I have an old aluminum Turkey fryer pot that has been used to fry things and I have an older...

I have one grape vine ive been waiting to put in the ground when it warms up a bit more here in central fl but when I baught it. Its extremely over grown and all over the place. I kno its not a big process but wanted to get my facts straight first. Do I prune then plant. Plant then prune...

Is there a brew store anywhere around?

Ok ive got a one gallon batch of cider fermenting at a sg of 1.069 and I plan on bottling it in beer bottles but how do I safely prime it? Is there any way of doing at certain sg reading or run it dry then backsweeten?

Ok so ive been making wine for a bit now and I like it just fine I never drank wine till I started making it myself. Im originally a beer drinker but thaught it would be to hard to brew a good beer then ive been doing some reading and some video watching of craigtube and others on youtube and...

Ok I got these giving to me and the one is a dom Perino 1985 I looked it up and alot of places had it listed for crazy prices what is it worth and the other one? Also do I store champagne on its side also?

Ok so I picked up a carboy and corker at a yard sale for 18 bucks im so excited but how can I get this carboy clean its oldddd he said it just been sitting in his garage and what type of corker? He said he never had pennies or anything in it

Can I feed my chickens or any of my animals the fruit out of my fruit bag after fermentation? They like the scraps of all my vegetable and fruits we use to cook and dont use but Dont want to get them drunk and have my roosters getting all drunk and starting bar fights lol Anyone have...

I live in central fl. I have 2 muscadine growing along my fence only about a yr old. I bought them on impulse before even thinking of making wine so now I got into this hobby and I want to grow more vines and ive read all over but no true solid way of propagation Indoors ( its cold here now). I...

Ok so I have limited money and no lhbs for at least 3 hrs away so im resorted to having to order. Last order I went through was more beer (even tho I dont make beer) and it was ok except I got shipping charges when they said I wasn't going to. So where can I get the most bang for my buck? And...

Ok so i just recently got a lot of starfruit. I cleaned and cut up 4.5 lbs worth to make a gallon batch. But where I'm confused is the process of when i take it out of the freezer. Do I mash it up leave it in the pieces I have? Also no fermentation bag. U might get a kick out of this but I was...

Just a simple thanks to all that has helped and for this sight in general. Its amazing how helpfull y'all are. A simple bit of knowledge from y'all goes a long way with a newbie like me so lets all say thanks to who ever helped us the most or in general.

Ok so ive very new to homemade wine but its a hobby I jumped into I'm currently just experimenting with 1 gallon juice wines and my first batch was just juice, yeast sugar and one campden tab.... not realy concerned with my recipee as I kno its not a real recipe its just something I threw...

Ok so I'm working on my 2nd batch ever. And I was thinking of werzels orange wine. One of the simpler ones I could find. Just a few quistions. First ill tell u wat I have. 1 jug of 100 percent orange juice amd one jug of 100 percent white grape. I have the red packs of montrachet for yeast...

Ok, so I'm an extreme newbie. But I love it. And I just got my package today of 1 gal carboys ferm k yeast gelatin bentonite hydrometer campden and I'm thinking about making wow. On account people told me Its fairly simple to make. I very first started with bread yeast and jug juice but couldnt...