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Thanks for the advice and help.

Thanks that website looks great. Quick question do you have to boil the honey and water first or can you just throw it directly into the fermenter?

All, Thanks for the suggestions. I went ahead and returned the island mist kit for an actual cab kit. I clearly bought the wrong kit for the task at hand. Regardless, thank you for all of the help. One of the terms I am unfamiliar with is backsweetening? What exactly is backsweetening?

All, I am more of a beer brewer but am interested in trying a batch of mead. I want it to be like a dry wine if possible. Again my knowledge of mead making is minimal but I was seeing if anyone has an EASY recipe they recommend. As for adding fruit or anything like that I open to suggestions...

All, I currently have a Peach Grand Cru kit (peach wine kit) in secondary fermentation. I used champagne yeast hoping to lower the sweetness and added about 3 pounds of sugar to increase the ABV. The goal was to increase the ABV and lower the sweetness. I left it in primary for 2 weeks. The...

All, Thanks for taking the time to look at this. I bought the Island Mist Blackberry Cab kit because I was wanting to make a wine fast since I am more of a beer brewer. I like dry reds with ABV around 12% is it possible to do this with this kit? I want to increase the ABV and take down the...

Haha yep it does seen too good to be true. I have discovered that you can somewhat do it with apple juice. If you use champagne yeast with apple juice add about half a cup of dextrose per gallon along with pectin and yeast nutrient it will taste similar to wine obviously with an apple flavor...

All, The girls in the family want me to make a wine (red or white works) but I don't want to have to age it for 3-4 months or even longer which most kits call for. Is there a specific grape or even wine kit that is ready to go right after secondary fermentation or in other words does not need...