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Given what I am working with above, are you suggesting I should be removing the smaller main vine that is coming out just above ground level and leaving only the main vine? And then cutting that vine back to two buds? Sorry, I'm not getting it.

I realize that ideally this should have probably happened weeks if not months ago, but, such as it is, here we are. I have a vine that was grown by the previous house owners and I need to relocate it. I have created a trellis are to move it to already, but I am unsure whats the best practice...

Just wanted to provide an update. I did a few days stirring, but also moved the primary to a cooler part of the house. After about 2 days, the yeast took off like gangbusters! I've since racked it twice, and it is now in a cool part of the house for a few months of settling. Thanks to cmason1957...

GRRR. It appears at some point I found bad info on the ratio of pot. metabisulfite to 1 campden tablet. Seems its more like 1/16 tsp rather than 1/8. <sigh> I rechecked the PH just now, and it is closer to 3 than 4 now. Not sure why the first reading was so much higher. I'll give it several...

This was fresh peaches, hand pulped in a bag and suspended in the must. I used 3/4 teaspoon powdered potassium metabisulfite for the 6 gallon batch. It was stirred thoroughly into batch temp is pretty consistent around 78 F Yeast was Lalvin EC-1118 Recipe didn't call for nutrient, just for...

I have a 6 gallon batch of peach wine I started from fruit this past saturday. I made the must on saturday, added the yeast on Sunday (sprinkled on top) after maybe 18 hours, and I've seen no action at all from the yeast. Yesterday I thoroughly stirred it back up to oxygenate it a few times, and...

Winexpert Selection California Merlot Winemaking Kit I have not ordered from you (that I can remember) because I like to support my local homebrew store, which is the only one I know of in a 2 hour radius.

I haven't added pH stuff to my toolkit and repertoire yet. But sounds like it may be time.

I've tried one mead so far, a one gallon batch. Ferment didn't start. After 3 days of literally no action, I made a starter and tried again, adding extra energizer. I started aerating the must daily. No action at all. After 4 days of this, I decided to add some frozen blueberries to the mix as a...

Thanks all for the suggestions!

This was my concern, changing the overall volume. Thanks all for the replies!

I am making a 6 gallon batch of apple wine from cider pressed by a local orchard. As I only have 5 gallon carboys and 1 gallon glass jugs, after racking to my secondary I split it accordingly. I knew I'd lose some in the later racking process. I have now racked again off the sediment at low...

How does back sweeting affect ABV calculations? My wine started at 1.097 SG, and is now at the tail end of second stage fermentation, with a SG of 0.990 (still outgassing!!!). Calculations tell me that's approximately 14% ABV right now. However, it's a little dry for my taste, and I want to...

This looks like a great thread, and sometime I will definitely start to go through it! But sorry, I'm going to ask a procedural question here without first doing an exhaustive search. So I'm < 24 hours from the first rack. It says to clear a week then back-sweeten for another week. So why...

Good luck! I'm doing a 5 gallon batch (my first attempt) and only tweaked a few things in the recipe, mostly just used less water. I'm likely going to do the first rack tomorrow.

Bottled this evening. Total yield was 56 1/2 bottles. SG at time of bottling was 1.01 @ 76°F. Flavor was a bit "rough/raw", but it's 6 weeks old. Drank a bottle to two worth while bottling, two more in the fridge that were cloudy. Wife had about 12-16 oz and was a bit swimmy, so it has some...

Liked on Facebook. Looks neat!

Easter Sunday update: No SG movement at all since last time. I stirred both carboys thoroughly, and mixed them back into the buckets as equally as possible, along with the extra container. After mixing into the buckets, both buckets were at about the 5 1/2 gallon marks. Do you lose volume...

Johnd, thanks. I'll probably wait until Saturday to check it again, and then proceed.That was generally my plan, nice to have some confirmation. The sweeter side will help it be consumed, anyway. :)

So, 4 days later and there's been no effective movement of the SG. How long do you wait? Is there a remedy, or do you just move to the next step? And because I still haven't figured out the science-y part of this yet, what exactly does it mean that the SG has stalled?