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  1. Boozehag

    Hello from NZ

    Hey guys and gals, big :hug for those i know, its been a while since I've been on here. Life has taken a whole new direction in general, I've changed careers and had all sorts going on with kids leaving home etc etc. As for my winemaking its slowed down a bit as I have learnt that I should...
  2. Boozehag

    Grape wine experiment

    Well had to try it sometime, making a wine from actual grapes. I usually make fruit wines like feijoa or blueberry but someone gave me 8kg of grapes to play with. I know NOTHING about making grape wine, from what I have read on here, its a little more complex than other fruits so any help and...
  3. Boozehag

    Sparkling fruit wine

    One of my New Years resolutions is to try new things and first up on the list is sparkling wine. I plan to make an apple base for this and add an fpack at the end of a strawberry base so it turns out something like Lindauer Fraise which has a strawberry flavour as thats my fav wine in a...
  4. Boozehag

    Fav wines anyone?

    Im sitting here enjoying a blackcurrant wine I made and checking out the wine racks i have full in this room Im in. I can see a couple wines I found hideous but generally most of my wines now seem to be the same thing. I had also been to a party on the weekend where they loved the wine I took...
  5. Boozehag

    Hey you missing me??????

    Probably not....sorry I haven't been around for a while, trying to hold down two jobs, bring up teenagers run my own art business and make wine!!! Been busy ya hear!!!!! :dg doing that as well! Ive got a 23l of grapefruit brewing away and a 23l of lime wine along with a 23l of blackcurrant...
  6. Boozehag

    Finings before sorbate by mistake

    Hello fellow winemakers. have you missed me????? Ive just been busy racking wine, of which most are finished and i was simply adding finings to those that need it. Thing is I added finings to a wine that I havent finished yet as in I havent added campden or sorbate. I realised my mistake when...
  7. Boozehag

    Carbonation drops

    Okay so tell me if this is stupid but last night I dreamt that I put carbonation drops (Used for beer) in some of my wine and got sparkling wine out of it. Its not that I plan to do that or even thought about it so I dont know why I dreamt about it, but my question is, is this possible? I can...
  8. Boozehag

    Label contest

    Im entering this wine label competition. Has anyone else here entered? I sent my labels off last week so fingers corssed they make it time, I was otld they could take 5 - 10 working days and there were only 9 when I sent it!!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
  9. Boozehag

    Wade - questions on your port receipe

    Hi Wade, I havent been able to get a raspberry chocolate port kit so far and then thought, why not make it from scratch anyway. So I visited your site and had a look at your chocolate strawberry port receipe. I now have questions on products as follows Chocolate Strawberry Port 15 lbs...
  10. Boozehag

    New Wine Club

    My friend who owns the cafe where I have a gallery space wants to set up a homebrew wine club as shes fascinated by what Im doing and I think it would be cool as Ill get to meet other wine makers in my area, any ideas or tips on what makes one successful as the only group we do have here is more...
  11. Boozehag

    Additive confusion AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

    You guys are gonna think Im nuts now, I was just having a scout around for measurements on how much sorbate to add to my wine when I came across a thread saying how much k-meta to add as well. I was told by the local shop to add 1/4 teaspoonto 1 gallon of wine (I think he thought I had 5...
  12. Boozehag

    Port Wine Questions

    Im making a Blueberry Port ine using Jack Kellars receipe as follows- 6 lb. blueberries 1/2 pt. red grape concentrate 1/2 c. light dry malt 1-3/4 lb. granulated sugar 1/2 tsp. pectic enzyme 1-1/2 tsp. acid blend 1/2 tsp. yeast energizer 1/2 tsp. wine stabilizer 4 pt. water...
  13. Boozehag

    Sake or Saki

    I have my asian friend here who is tellnig me interesting stuff about Sake. I thought I might try make some- what do others think, anyone made some? Winemaking Ingredients: Rice Wine (Saki) Wine Recipe - Wine Making Guides 1 lb / 450 grams crushed rice 1 lb / 450 grams minced or chopped...
  14. Boozehag

    How much fruit for this?

    I have adapted a recipe for feijoa wine from 4.5l to 23l, it makes it 10kg with skins on, I have 10kg with skins off, I can use the lot cant i? Wont it just make it fruity and tastier? Should I add raisins and tannin, not sure if it calls for those as Im not in front of my pc at home where my...
  15. Boozehag

    Chemical overload?

    Ive been trying to get my potato wine to clear and it wont. I used kwikclear....twice, then I treated it for pectin haze, still nothing, so I tested it and treated it for startch haze and guess what, still nothnig. Should I could I treat it with kwikclear again or just leave it. Ive had so...
  16. Boozehag

    Blueberry wine

    I have just purchased 10kg of blueberries (And got the same deal for Allie!) they are frozen and I have no freezer space so want to use them as soon as I pick them up on Tuesday (Well when they have thawed that is! Any receipes please anyone? Any tips too, has anyone make blueberry wine. I...
  17. Boozehag

    Cork Issues

    Ive done a search but hvent found what Im looking for. My main question is about lying bottles down. The wine kit I did said to stand the bottles for 3 days and then lie down to store, but no other book, thread receipe or anything mentions this, what are others thoughts? Now in my search I...
  18. Boozehag

    Split Amounts of Sugar

    The receipe Im using for some peach wine calls for half the sugar at the begining and half after 5 days in the primary, I realise this is because of the violent ferment nature of the peaches which are firing away nicely but how do I do a reading to get the alcohol content when its based on the...
  19. Boozehag

    Wine labels

    Oh sorry for the dumb question, have never heard that term for paper before!:o Might try the milk now then, I glued all my labels with the spray this time but then didnt have any milk at the time anyway! I hate milk! Perhaps Ill like it more for labels! Chocolate milk double ugh, cant see...
  20. Boozehag

    My First Label

    Right not sure if Ive attached the image but we shall see! My first wine is a kit one and this is the label using one of my fruit paintings. One of my good friends is a graphics tutor and he gave me a B+ for it and told me in no uncertain terms what is wrong in a nice way of coures, didnt...
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