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Okay 4 gallons of apple juice from our apple trees. Plans to make it into Hard Cider went south and clearly it's turning into vinegar. Starting SG was 1.052 (6.9% ABV) the off smell began about 2 days in so clearly this is an example of why good sanitation measures even with the fruit...

Well it's been at least 7-8 months since I've opened a bottle of a batch of Apple Cider sweetened with Honey. Pretty certain that I used sorbate and K-Meta. When I pulled the cork I didn't notice an pressure release but as soon as I poured some in a glass it looked a little hazy. Hmm, tasted...

While the accuracy may be off I doubt that it's terribly off and in any case this movie is an entertaining one none-the-less and is does take place in Italy and wine making is a centerpoint of the movie. Anyone already seen this one? And if so what about that foot stomping scene? :db

I understand that there is really no way to accurately measure the ABV of a wine without sophisticated lab tests but just wondering. Since pure water's expected SG is 1.000 and pure ethyl alcohol has an SG of .789 can any sort of formula be used to estimate the ABV, post fermentation. Other...

Ok so I made a minor underestimate of a wine tonight. Have to stay by our burn pile while it's going or they can fine you $100 - $1000. And someones brush burn got out of control nearby today, so.... I'm being extra careful. But I ran out of water to drink. Never mind. Just 75 feet away is...

(Purely personal comments based on my 5 1/2 years on here and making Country Fruit Wine. I don't claim to be any sort of expert, I've just received my share of bumps and bruises and try not to make the same mistake twice) By no means are these hard fast "Rules" but rather what I believe...

Well I'm not sure when I bottled it but it was fermented in 2016. First bottles were Yuck Face stuff. (2 gallon batch) I waited for another 6 months, then 1 year long and about 18 months ago I tried it and thought about pouring it out. Tonight I decided to bring out another bottle (Down to...

Well my batch of blackberry wine has just about wrapped up fermenting. Today the SG was at .996 and while it might drop another couple points to maybe .994 or maybe even .992, I went ahead and racked out of the buckets. A LOT of lees ! As of this evening I have 3 gallon carboy filled...

Ok I tried to order 3 packages of Vintner's Harvest SN9 yeast on the big A site. Today I received my order, ahead of schedule. NOW for the RANT ! Sadly NOT the brand I ordered. I received "Mangrove Jack's" brand of that strain when their advertisement stated it was Vintner's Harvest...

Ok I have some apple cider that is a little shy on Alcohol. Just wanted to raise the ABV by 2%. How to figure that out? Well like most things I fed my question to DuckDuckGo search engine and found the following site. The only numbers you need to feed it are: 1) Gallons of existing wine 2)...

If you have any doubt about how hardy fruit flies are... This basement room is now at about 57 degrees and has been for at least a month. I check my airlocks about every 3-4 weeks in cool weather. 10 carboys so ten airlocks and here's what was in the airlocks. So Yes you do need airlocks /...

Not a week goes without somebody posting on here a question or comment that demonstrates that the biggest key to good wine making is not the perfect recipe, or primo fruit for the wine. It all comes down to one word PATIENCE. Wine making is one of a number of hobbies or endeavors that in the...

This is my experience with HWSC product labeled "Black Raspberry" Purchased Mid-September this year 2020 Ok I've reserved judgement until I prepared the Batch for fermenting. - First I tried a 1/2 gallon of the "Black Raspberry" concentrate labeled as enough for 5 gallons of wine. - To that...

Well I didn't make lot of wine this past year but I had 6 different batches to bottle up. Now the wine rack is properly restocked, for now. Bottled this week were 1) Blueberry ABV 14.1 SG at bottling 1.014 2) Blueberry/White Grape (First true blend of varieties for me -good results. ABV...

So I don't know why but in the last 3 days two different videos have popped up: How To Easy Blueberry Wine and Making Peach Wine. Unfortunately both were riddled with bad/incorrect information. First off both were recommending making wine with paltry amounts of fruit per gallon (4...

This forum is very accommodating and the folks here are excellent about responding to questions and comments. I've only been on here about 5 years now and still learning and picking up new ideas all the time. Biggest suggestion I have is Look BEFORE you post. If you post in the most...

Well I am starting to harvest apples from the trees this year. Birds are forcing me to pick and let the apples finish ripening in a cool room now. Hate that because as soon as the apples get a significaant amount of red (On top of course where it's hard to see from ground) that's when the...

Ok so I pulled some frozen fruit from our freezer to make some wine (I need the space for the new, freshly picked fruit. 1) I found that we had about 5 lbs of Tart Cherries (Already pitted) that were overdue to be used for something so.... why not for wine (1 Gal Batch) 2) I found 5.5 lbs of...

So I guess it's getting so bad that media sites are desperate for stories. Now along comes a story that uses a oraganizations like a Commercial Beverage Inventory Company as an "Expert" on the shelf life of alcoholic beverages. Even funnier is that their statement about wine is contradicted...

I know that folks here have a wide variety of sources and needs for labels. For those who do your own and use Avery brand labels - here's the least expensive way to order them: https://www.avery.com/blank/ This link takes you to the Avery labels sold in various quantities from 1 to 5,000...