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thanks for the tip, steve. I wonder if 32 is cold enough or if i should wait until tomorrow night (forecast of 17). Allie, I started the pumpkins on the 28th (nov). I drained one of them last night cuz it was leaking, I'll do the second one tomorrow or the next day, cuz the base of it (not...

the pumpkin wines in the pumpkins are started, i hope. i guess i don't really have a way to check until the pumpkins start to soften. i only had regular sugar available. on another note: i pressed what remained of my pumpkin explosion last night and was left with 20 gal of very syrupy orange...

ya i'm getting started tonight. which reminds me i better wake up that yeast... I think I'll tape the top down but not to make it air tight. I'm scared of pumpkin wine. this is what happened with that "low foaming" ec-1118 the barrel was only 2/3 full!

not double-posting, answering my own question out loud: I visited blacksheep enterprises website (via les "blacksheeples") and found the recipe listed here: http://blacksheepenterprises.webs.com/recipes.html it does call for yeast to be sprinkled in with the brown sugar, but no water is...

i found it: http://blacksheepenterprises.webs.com/recipes.html thanks, les

Oh dear...

alcoholic memory aid you remember everything you did, now matter how much you'd like to forget maybe I should just roast those seeds...

Sounds right to me. If anyone has any ideas about how the smell will develop/how to get rid of it please chime in.

I have 'fruit' of a female tree Has anyone ever heard of ginkgo fruit or ginkgo leaf wine? As you may know, it smells like stinky cheese but tastes quite nice.

ok that's reassuring :) thanks, Julie. Edit: that's not exactly the smiley face I was trying to send...

was that with pumpkin pie filling or grated/chopped pumpkin? how'd it turn out?

did you ever give it a shot, allie? I'd like to try this year. To be clear, the recipe calls for no water? no yeast?

question! Why do so many pumpkin wine recipes call for the pumpkin flesh to be removed (usually they say to strain it) so soon after the start of fermentation? I have a 30 gal barrel of must fermenting as we speak, drawn as close as possible to the pumpkin wine recipe on jack keller's...

Well I'm a lucky man. I just bought an old block press from the son in law of a late wine-maker. Am I wrong to even consider pressing things like crushed apples and pears in an antique like this one? Any tips for keeping it in good working order for decades to come? It has a copper basin...

Hello wmt! I am on the market for a press and I must ask a silly question. BUT FIRST, what kind of press will work well with wild ohio grapes? I've been picking from around central ohio and, while they have plenty of flavorful goodness, they are not as juicy as grapes that i've seen...

it definitely works! :sh I added 10 grams powdered caffeine to five gallons of fruit concentrate that I made last summer. Definitely tastes better than red bull or sparks. I feel like the caffeine started to lose its potency after a few months but that might just be because I've been...

it comes in a powder form, sold by the gram. Usually it's advertised in british pounds, so maybe it's become a popular legal high in UK. the internet says that it's very bitter, but I can't imagine tasting it if I dissolve just 5 or 10 grams into 5 gallons of sweet wine.

Hi everyone. I'm curious about adding caffeine to wine. have any of you tried it? is it more complicated than dissolving (a very carefully measured amount of) pure caffeine into water and then adding it to the secondary? Does it change the taste? I see that Jack Keller found two recipes...

Thanks Ceegar, that helps a lot. I'll let you know if I can put my freezer to use (: Wade, the fruit flies are gone, and everything smells fine. Should I still be worried about acetobacter? is there some precaution I should take or will it be enough to rack into a small amount of sodium...

thanks for all the responses! hi tom. I'm from columbus, OH, and this site is the first google hit for "wine making forum" (but not "winemaking forum"). I'm a college student who is tired of telling himself that he'll get around to everything he wants to do as soon as he graduates. that's...