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Walking passed a local grocer knocking off big unripe eating pears for 80cents a kg. Spontaneously bought 15 kgs. Ripened them up for 3-4 days, chopped them into pieces and tipped them into a big bucket. Added 8 liters of water, pectin enzyme, yeast nutrient, 3 kg sugar and k-meta. Next day...

I never bottle cloudy wine but when a non-wine maker asked why today i drew a blank. Well, i said because it leaves sediment which can compromise the taste and its not very aesthetically pleasing...and...well, you never bottle cloudy wine! Is there some science here that i should know more about?

I know there must have been lots of threads on this topic over the journey but i can't find one to post this question on, apologies if thats the case. Well, the weather in my city has taken a cold autumnal turn. 27C(80F) average last week, this week we're down to 12-14C(58F). My brewing room...

I've read different answers to this question on the net so if i may i'll run it by you here. I want to use some commercially bought lemon juice in a dragon's blood wine but the ingredients state 99% juice, 1% sodium metabisulfite. Will this impede the yeast? Should i aerate the juice for say...

This is my first go at making grape wine, though i make fruit wine. I'll have about 12kg of frozen grapes harvested from a sunny wall at my brothers house. I've tried to identify the grape online but i've really gotten nowhere with that. I do know it is of South African origin. The grapes turn a...

I've got about 10kg of ripe figs frozen and probably another 5-10kg still on the tree so i'm going to have a crack at fig wine this year. I've read a lot of recipes on the net, my only question is in regard to adding an 'acid blend' but what acid exactly? and why? Otherwise i'm just going to...

I'm a bit stumped and i'd really appreciate any help and information regarding this problem i'm having. I have a batch of Blackberry wine that went into a 5 liter demijohn for its secondary fermentation at 1.068 SG. (The original SG was 1.085 roughly). This was a way higher reading than normal...

Hi folks, i've been reading this forum for a couple of years and getting some great tips and information. I make homemade wine from gleaned fruit from around the city i live in and various gardens of friends with fruit trees and vines and brambles that they dont use. On and off i've been making...