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Ive heard about people making extracts using vodka or even things like everclear, but I've always been worried that adding vodka would affect the taste of the wine. I guess you just have to add a very small amount? I've never done it but I have thought about it.

Hi. I know this was an old post but I also wonder about this. I've never added it preferment, but I think i might try that on the next one. What ive done is I have added some instant coffee crystals after its been racked once or twice but where it still may have 6 months to go. I think i...

Hi I would love to try the Winexpert Eclipse Lodi Old Vine Zinfandel Thanks,

I saw that you originally wanted to add pineapple juice to the mix. Seeing how well it turned out, do you still think the pineapple would have helped out? I think this is going to be the next batch i start.

Liked the FB page. everyone loves the Allinone, wait till they see this.

Hi everyone, I guess its time for an update. So sometime in the beginning of June their was a fair amount of sediment so it was time to siphon. When I did, I checked the PH and it had dropped to 3.49 so I feel that worked out great. The Sg was down to .998 For the orange, I added 2...

I understand the point of siphoning, but the issue that I was having is that top of the must was where most of the thick stuff was settling. I had used all fruit and no water so everything was still pretty soupy with good mix of solids. What I ended up doing was taking about 3 or 4 cups of...

My other question that I forgot to ask was when im done with the primary business, whats a good way to keep the solids from going into the carboy. This is my first fruit wine what I didnt use bags for all my solids. Should I try to pour everything through a colinder? Should I just dump...

Hi Everybody. I just want to say that I have some high hopes for this one. I started with about 35 lbs of fresh peaches, which after being washed, depitted, and throwing away a few for some questionable insides, came to about 25 lbs. I sliced them up and froze them. After a week, I...

Hello Everyone. This week as been pretty rough. Honestly I dont even know where to begin. Me and my wife dont have any kids (as of yet). Instead we have a Kitty, Goose. We've had him for since he was just over a month old. Last week we celebrated his 2nd birthday. Sadly it has been downhill...

Lets go with the Winexpert Selection Australian Cabernet Sauvignon Wine Kit.

Well, I am happy to say that things are going well. Here was the final recipe that I went with. 32 lbs strawberries 144 oz PomWonderful 1 G. Lallzym Ex 5 G. Booster Rouge 5 G. Opti-Red 5 Tsb Yeast Nutrient 2 Tsb Yeast Energizer Sugar to 1.090 RC212 yeast I ended up having to...

Sounds good. Im trying to keep the strawberry as the main taste in the wine so ill take a look at some of those frozen concentrates when by the juice. Last year I made a wine using white grape raspberry and added some fresh raspberrys in it and everyone loved it. If i do anything, I could see...

Hi Everybody. A few days ago I came home with about 30 lbs. of juicy "pick your own" strawberries. They are now cleaned and chopped and frozen. I have always liked the idea of a strawberry pomegranate wine, so I figure now is the time. For the pomegranate I was thinking of getting about...

Ok so heres another update The gravity finally got down to .018 ish so I decided it was time for the next step. I took my thawed strawberrys from the fridge and smushed them up with my hand through the bag and poured them into the gallon jug. I then zested and juiced 3 Orange oranges and...

So here are some updates. Two days after dropping the yeast I checked the sg and it had gone up to 1.115. With almost no action happening from the D47, I decided it was time for some desperate measures. I Mixed up a fresh batch of 1118, let it get started, then poured it in with a Tsb of...

Well too late now but i will remember that for next time. recently a few of my wines had ended up on the acidy side so thats why i figured to leave the PH in the mid 4's. I had only made one other mead and i didn't have a PH meter to check anything.

Hello all. Today I started a new batch. 12 lbs clover honey Water to just over 4 Gal 2 Tsb yeast nutrient ( I plan on adding another 2 Tsbs a half way through) 1.5 Tsb Acid blend. (PH of 4.50) I made a little yeast starter with some D47. Let it sit untill there was a layer of foam. (about...

I have throught about puting the jugs in an ice bucket but I thought u needed around two weeks to almost a month to properly cold stabilize? So that would be a few trips to the local Ice distrubutor. But I have never tried so i really dont know. And as far as the taste, they were both on the...

Thanks. I Think thats what I'm going to do. Im only going for a minor change so I am planning on only using about 3/4 of the recommended dose. (3/4 tsb per gal) My target is maybe 3.20 for both. Ill have to see how low i can get my fridge without freezing the rest of the Groceries.