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I have unlimited amount of fruit. A friend of mine has several guava trees in his backyard. They're producing basically year round: 10-20 pounds a day. I am limited by the size of the secondary fermentor - 3 gal. The primary "bubbler" is quite a bit bigger, and I'm planning to fill it up to...

Okay, after watching a couple of youtube videos and doing some reading my understanding is that hydrometer basically measures sugar content in liquid. So, I should do my initial reading before I start the fermentation process, and it should be around 1.090. This will give me the final ABV of...

Thanks everyone for the input. I have a Master Vintner Fresh Harvest kit, and I believe it comes with a hydrometer. Don't know how or when to use it, but I can figure it out. I'm planning to use 3-4 lb of guavas - they are very ripe and sweet, 1 cup of sugar per pound, a gallon of water, plus...

I have a wine making kit. I have the fruit - guavas, lot's of them. I have the instructions and some experience - helped my grandpa make wine as a kid. So, as you can see I am all set to go :). Couple of questions though: Why so much sugar? (Looks like about 1 cup per pound). I know that...

This will be my first attempt at winemaking. But, since I'm in Hawaii, and have access to plenty of fresh guavas, I decided to try to make guava wine. Two questions: how much sugar if any? I'm not a fan of sweet wine. And do I keep the seeds or remove them?

Why France and Beaujolais? Well, for personal reasons - Yes, my French is definitely better than my Hungarian. I visited Hungary couple of years ago and was trying to learn a bit of Hungarian - it was hopeless, or should have said I was hopeless. Why France and Beaujolais? I just like that...

Yes, I agree. It does soud a little bit like Buying a Zoo - and basically that's what it is. But, that's in the future. For now, I would like to learn little bit about making wine and growing grapes. I do realize that these are two different things, and I guess growing grapes would be my primary...

Got it thank you. I reposted the thread. Not sure how to delete this one.

Helo Everyone, Within the next couple of years I am planning on buying a small vineyard, probably in France, probably in Beaujolais region (I have a EU citizenship). Before I do that though, I'd like to learn a bit about wine-making, and also check if that's something I want to spend the rest of...

Helo Everyone, This is probably not the right section of the forum, and probly not even the right forum. If that's the case please let me know where I could find more info about the topic. Anyway, here is my question: Within the next couple of years I am planning on buying a small vineyard...