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  1. JB005

    Other ABV Crafted Series

    I've bought a number of items (wine kits, cider kits, and infusions) from ABC, and as someone mentioned above, they are Fontana or extremely similar, but have more choices. My recommendation would be to stick with medium or bigger kits. They often have good deals that you can capitalize on as...
  2. JB005

    Port Wine vs Dessert Wine

    Thanks. I’ll definitely check out your port recipe and follow your suggestions on feeding the yeast. How do you suggest to back sweeten it, if desired?
  3. JB005

    Port Wine vs Dessert Wine

    Hi, I was interested in trying to make a blueberry "port" dessert wine. I'm kind of combining a few recipes that are out there and here's what I'm thinking. Any comments/thoughts are immensely appreciated. Blueberry "port"/dessert wine INGREDIENTS: 3-4 pounds blueberries 4 cups granulated...
  4. JB005

    I need help! (Foodies)

    I like low effort, high reward cooking/baking and my friend's grandmother's Cuban flan recipe is just that... 1 can sweetened condensed milk 1 can evaporated milk 4 eggs 1/2 tsp (cap full-ish) vanilla 1/2 cup of sugar (a bit more if you like the sauce) 1) Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees 2)...
  5. JB005

    What's in your glass tonight?

    That definitely sounds delicious. I'll try making a small batch after the toasted caramel.
  6. JB005

    What's in your glass tonight?

    Sounds delicious. What recipe did you use for the blueberry port style wine?
  7. JB005

    What's in your glass tonight?

    Also, thank you for the info. I ordered the toasted caramel today. Home Brew Ohio has it for $110 and I also ordered the FastFerment 3G conical fermenter for $36 (Amazon). I'm excited for my orders to come. Did you add the glycerin to sweeten or thicken the wine? Have you thought of adding...
  8. JB005

    What's in your glass tonight?

    Thank you! Now is probably a great time to buy it. Just in time for the holidays.
  9. JB005

    What's in your glass tonight?

    Hi, thank you for your review... I've seen nothing but great reviews of this RJS Specialty Toasted Caramel dessert wine and am thinking about making a kit. Is this more like a port or a wine where: - You'd want to let it sit and age for years (if you can wait that long)? - You can open a...
  10. JB005

    Other Tweeking Cheap Kits

    Thanks for all your information on making Fpacs! I'm planning on making an Fpac with crowberries - they're supposed to be high in tannins and will add it to the secondary. Should I add the Fpac after degassing and adding the other clarifying packets or add them to the secondary, let that sit...
  11. JB005

    Pomegranate Wine

    I’m not sure. I haven’t seen too many recipes for blueberry-pomegranate wine where they’re using seeds and not concentrated so I may end up buying a couple of Costco bags of blueberries and with the 9 lbs of pomegranate seeds adding some Pom juice too. This will only be my second attempt at...
  12. JB005

    Pomegranate Wine

    Thank you for the info! I'll reply to the thread on how this comes out. My plan is to use this blueberry wine recipe (Blueberry Wine Recipe - Full-Bodied and Beginner Friendly) upping it to make make a 5 gallon batch (about 1/2 blueberry, 1/2 pomegranate). I've seen on other threads that I'll...
  13. JB005

    Pomegranate Wine

    Hi. Just saw your posting here. I've got a pomegranate tree and de-seeded a bucket of pomegranates and ended up with 2- 1 gallon bags, a little over 9 lbs of seeds. I'm planning on buying frozen blueberries and making a pom-blueberry wine mix. How many days did it take to break down the seeds...
  14. JB005

    Other Tweeking Cheap Kits

    Hi. Just bought a 10L Nebbiolo ($60 - less 10%), but made a chardonnay last year. It turned out pretty decent - comparable to the Fontana kit. Going through their website directly (not going through Amazon), you can buy one of 3-4 sized kits (4.8, 5.2, 10, & 16L) add wine raisin packs...
  15. JB005

    Hello from Iceland

    AK in the summer or CA in the winter.
  16. JB005

    Hello from Iceland

    Thank you for the info. All great. I was thinking boiling as an option as well since it'll also pasteurize it at the same time. Would love to have you "email" me a glass or a bottle to try. I've got some pomegranate wine (my first batch) aging right now and if I ever make it to Iceland, I'll...
  17. JB005

    Hello from Iceland

    Thank you for the recipe and sorry for the delayed response... the notification went to my spam folder. Can't wait for the crow berries to be in season - hopefully next month. This recipe looks delicious and I'll try to remember to post photos, for anyone interested, as I go along. One...
  18. JB005

    Hello from Iceland

    Hi, I'm up in Alaska and looking to pick and make some wild crowberry wine (or crowberry with some blueberry) this year - preferably more dry and not too sweet. If you have a recipe or tips and tricks for using those, I'd be excited to hear what you've done and how it tastes. Thanks in advance!
  19. JB005

    WineXpert Similar to Diablo Rojo

    This was the first red wine kit I made (last year) and was not pleased. I have to caveat it with - I left out the sweetener pack based on comments that it was a bit sweet and we like dry red wine. So we made the kit (sans sweetener), bottled it, and after a month or so tried it. It had a Dijon...
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