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Trying to recycle bottles I read on a forum to use OxyClean to remove the Labels. Not having a guide line I used label directions only halved the amount and then diluted it even more. Like 5 scoops for 10 gallons. It did work and the labels are off. The problem is there is now a white film on...

I picked a big 5 gallon bucket full of wild plums at the end of the season and need to get a batch of wine going with them. Any good recipe's or advice on what do do with them. I soaked them in water and changed the water a couple times, stemmed and froze them in zip locks. I did not pit them...

After a lot of reading recipe's and threads around the internet I decided to try making a 'fermented Pumpkin drink' and I did not know the appropriate name because it could be a Mead, Cider, Wine or anything between. Also, I really like to read threads that people have posted that show the...

My local orchard said they have started pressing and have juice ready to sell. Someday I hope to get a press. I have searched this forum for a good recipe to ferment pure apple juice and couldn't find anything, but my wife says I am not good at finding things. Any advice? Going for 5 gallons...

My wife loves everything pumpkin spice so I thought I would make 5 gallons of wine for her. My mom has a pumpkin patch and I am up in the air on which recipe to use. Maybe both... Pumpkin Mead or Pumpkin Wine?

Working on 5 gallons of rhubarb wine. Started SG at 1.09 and I know i racked it too early from the bucket into a carboy at about 1.04 because I got over eager. It has been a month and it is stuck. I tried the de-gassing wand, yeast nutrient, and yeast energizer. All of which made bubbles for a...

Ok, this may be like Iron Chef with leftover grapes. My wife and I buy a couple bags every time we go to the store and find the Cotton Candy Grapes. They are delicious. When we neglect them for too long I de stem them, wash and freeze them to put in glasses of wine like ice cubes when we drink...

My neighbor has a walnut tree and a plethora of walnuts. Last night we were wondering if we could make wine out of walnuts and he thought he had tried some walnut port while he was in Europe somewhere. Anyone tried this or have a recipe?

This is my first batch of wine so I only know what I have read in books. I started a 5 gallon batch of Gooseberry wine and after it got to SG 1.01 I Racked it from the bucket fermenter to a Carboy and got about 3 inches of wine sediment (lees I think is the proper term) on the bottom. I have...