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Has anyone heard from Articid? He has dropped off the face of the earth and I fear he has been eaten by BEARS!!! I know he was wanting to get at the blueberries and had seen Bears around the area. Hopefully I am just kidding about the Bears but no news is not always good news in the wilderness.

I think the wife is finally coming around to my hobby! I got a package today and didn't have a clue from who. Turns out she bought me a stainless steel mix stir:r after watching me stir forever on the mixed berry batch trying to degass it. So now I have to clean and sterilize it and will try it...

I have come across a couple trees loaded with this berry. Not sure what it is? Does anyone recognize it? Thanks in advance for the info. here is a close up of the leaf I should also mention that the berry has a single seed/pit. Steve the Nomad

As the title states the Mullberry is stinking pretty bad. It isn't so much a sulpher smell but it is bad. Not like any I have made to date. The taste is not so bad but I cant get past the smell.I used Montrachet yeast and didnt have energizer so I put 1/4 tsp extra nutrient in 3 different times...

Jon started a batch of black raspberry yesterday and added 3- 12oz cans of Welches grape concentrate to it. He had 12 lbs. of berries which was all he had picked at his buddy's farm. He is tired of the blush types he has been making (using Vinter's Harvest cans). What ya think? It sure was dark...

Hi All, It looks like the dew berries at my sister's place are ripening. They are deep purple but are sour. Is this normal? Are they ready to pick? I am wanting to try a batch since she has tons of the plants along her fence rows. She also has some wild grapes but not sure about those either...

I was rumaging thru my neighbors abandoned house yesterday and found 8 gallon jugs on a shelf in the basement. :rThey were very dirty, 4 had lids and 4 did not. To make a long story short I was able to clean 7 of them. The other one had distilled water in it and now had a heavy white film in it...

Went to the local Aldies store and they had strawberries from Dole for $.99 a lb. And they had blueberries for $.99 a pint. :DI bought all 9 pts they had and got 5 1/2 lbs blueberries. :rI am going to make 2 batches of 4L each. One using 3 lbs fruit and the other using 2.5 lbs. I am curious as...

Our friend Jane(she is at the top of my wine give away list!) Just dropped of 5 green bottles, 1 4L (bless her) and 3 1.5 L Carlo Rossi bottles. These are perfect for the extra in the bottom of the bucket on a 5 gal batch. I have had about 2 L left a couple times and end up putting that in a 3L...

I just bottled a 1 gallon batch of spiced apple that I dont care for. I put several cloves in a tea bag and left it in the must for 3 days. I also added a cinnamin stick for a couple weeks. Now all I can taste is clove with a hint of apple!! So my question is do I: 1)Take the obvious approach...

I started a mixed berry batch this past week end and need some advice or maybe reassurances lol. Here is the recipe and what I did. All the fruit was frozen except the raspberries which were canned. 5 lbs Red Raspberry 5 lbs Blackberry 5 lbs Blueberry 10 lbs sugar 4 gallon water 5 tsp Yeast...

Wife and I went to the Urbana flea market yesterday because we are avid antique collectors. I spent the whole time looking for fermenters!! I blame you guys on here for getting me addicted to this awesome hobby lol. :)Here is a pic of the 8 gallon crock I found for a primary!! It has a chip on...

I was out running around yesterday and stopped at a Big Lots store in a neighboring town and hit the jack pot. :D I bought an additional 10 cans of raspberries. I cleaned out our Big Lots weeks ago. I now have enough cans of red raspberries to make 5 gallons of wine. So what is my quandry? I was...

I tried my first stab at a simple syrup the other day and didn't do so well. I see on here to use 2 parts sugar and 1 part boiling water. Do you boil the two or just add the boiling water? I boiled it for a few min. and when it cooled it was very thick! I had trouble getting it dissolved. If...

I got bored the other day and started a 1 gallon must using 3 29oz cans of pears! The can read pears, water, corn syrup and sugar as ingredients. I used Lalvin 1118 yeast and got very little foaming and a quick fermentation! In 4 days it was all but done. I got a SG reading of somewhere around...

Jon and I bottled the Vinter's Harvest Strawberry Sat. I was dissapointed in the fruity flavor had pretty much gone by by. We should of made a f-pac! It was OK but thin and somewhat flat. Oh and it was very gassy too. We stirred it for a while and it seemed to stop bubbling but when we bottled...

I was out the other day and as usual I was looking at different plastic containers wondering if they would make a good primary. I found a 23L plastic can tapered from small at the bottom and larger at the top with a snap on lid and handles. It was perfect or was it?? It has a number 5 on the...

3.5 lbs. very ripe Strawberries appr. 2lbs. sugar SG=1.085 1/4 tsp. wine tannin 1/4 tsp. Pectic emzyme 1 1/2 tsp. acid blend Yeast nutrient as directed on bottle 1 campden tablet Champagne Yeast Clean strawberries removing all the white part of the berry around the stem. Cut berries into...

My wife's friend Jane stopped by the other day with more Carlo Rossi bottles. Two more 3L and another 4L! I now feel it is my duty to make something to fill them. The question is when do you have too many carboys? Lets take a poll.:r

Has anyone had to throw the entire batch of must out? It looks like the second wine Jon tried has gone bad. Smells like garbage. Any horror stories?:(