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Hi Does anyone have any experience with the Solomon Grundy kits? I assume it is pretty cheap as it is marked a seven day kit start to finish.

Does anyone know whether these small hand held fruit presses can be used to crush/press small quantities of fruit when making wine?

Did anyone else's cellar have a marked drop in the amount of bottles in it after the Christmas gifting had been done? At least it is an excuse to make more wine...

I loved Jack Keller's site. I often use his recipe's. That said is the book worth buying and why would you buy it?

Hi, Can this type of bottle be used for wine? I know they are used for fortified wines, but would they work for a normal strength wine?

If it has been asked I apologize. Has anyone made a list of good blog or youtube/podcast channels about winemaking, cider making and mead making?

So I was able to get very cheap raw onion blossom honey and started to make a one gallon test batch. SG: 1.09ish

First time for me. I made Hibiscus SP, it fermented to 1.000 and I decided to cold crash it to help it clear. After two days of cold crashing I let it to go back to room temp. A week later it was as 0.990, not a huge change but still. Ever happen to anyone else?

I was racking some peach wine and blueberry mead this morning and started wondering. Has anyone compared the taste of a mead and a country wine made with the same type of fruit?

A friend is a beekeeper and for some strange reason had a few hives in an area where nothing but onion is planted - so he has alot of Onion honey that is not that popular for baking. Anyone ever make a mead with Onion honey? I have a suspicion that it's not a good idea for a traditional but open...

Hi, I know that it is possible to make a hard lemonade and that orange soda (orangeade is a thing) - has anyone ever made hard orange?

Hi Does anyone have a suggestion for a low abv (4-5%) sparkling drink other than cider that can be easily made? I'm having a bit of a gluten issue so I'm taking a break from beer and want to brew something for when I want a drink but don't want to open a bottle of wine for myself...

Hi Has anyone read the book? If so what was your opinion of it?

Hi, Which book would you suggest as a book that someone can buy to learn the basics about winemaking that is still easily available? If there is a thread about this, does anyone have a link to it?

Hi, Does anyone know of any books like Make mead like a Viking? I really enjoyed the book and the Make beer like a Yeti one as well, and I'm looking for something similar to read.

I recently brewed a mirco batch (quart batch) of hibiscus wine using Jack Keller's recipe and have to say I'm surprised by how drinkable it turned out. My only regret is that I was only able to bottle one bottle of wine from the batch. Does anyone have advice for tweaks to his recipe? Hibiscus...

Hi, Does anyone know if a juice with benzoic acid and Scorbic acid will ferment? Thanks

Has anyone ever tested how long wine will last in fliptop wine bottles? And by last I mean remain safe to drink (no infection and not taste like vinegar)...

I finally ordered my first wine kit, after making a few 100 bottles of fruitwine and a few gallons of Catawba wine. Can't wait to see how it is. It's the WE Vinters Reserve Merlot. Any advice other than taking more time than the kit instructions say?

I've seen that winemakers and homebrewers are willing to try very strange things. I saw a mini fermenter on HBT and decided to see it I could make a smaller one, so here is a 3 liter mini-mason jar fermenter. Has anybody else tried something like this.