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Wondering how this ended up tasting? The picking of the dandelion petals off the flowers takes so long, its would be nice to be able to use the sun tea method i fit does indeed work. Though theres not alot of direct sun where I am in the woods, so I wonder if I could use a heating blanket...

I transferred my dandelion must to secondary, and placed airlock, but there is already a sediment of lees on the bottom (see photo) that is quite think, 1/4" or so... After only 24 hours. I have read that I should rack when lees and sediment is present, I did not expect that there would be this...

The recipe I am using says to put the raisins in the secondary and fit a fermentation trap to the vessel. I am using a one gallon wine jug... but slowly the raisins keep floating and gathering at the top, where there was an inch of airspace as specified. Then shortly after must starts to seep...

Yooper, Thanks very much for your time and the help! When I rack to secondary I will add the raisins, then if there is lees and sediment I would rack every 30 - 60 days or until lees are 1/4 inch thick or ? would I leave the raisins behind with the lees at the second racking? Would you...

*correction:(OG/SG reading about 12 hours after adding yeast, nutrient + energizer, it was 1.112 & 1.114 in the two batches.) The current SG on the batch using your recipe is 1.077 + .002 = 1.079 The other batch using slightly different measurements and ingredients is 1.084 + .002 = 1.086 *The...

My dandelion must seems quite still, as from what I read in several recipes you are suppose to let it sit Im primary for three days. When I hydrated the yeast, and let it sit (for 12 ish hours) it had foam on the top. Then I added the yeast mix to my must and Its been two days, I stir it at...

This is my first wine. I pitched the yeast (Lalvin 71B-1122 ) ahead, and added yeast nutrient and energizer and it bubbled and was doing alright last night, so I then added half to my two ( one gallon ) batches, with slightly different amounts of lemon, orange & zests. One batch also has cloves...

The info I found was all on this site, in the wine making forum. From what I gathered some people use non polyethylene terephthalate plastics for secondary. But most use polyethylene terephthalate plastic because other plastics allow air through.

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**I found info on this subject, after I posted, can't seem to figure out how to delete it. Is it true there a special or certain type plastic used for plastic carboys? Say I wanted to purchase the plastic carboy with spring water at the supermarket, for $5.00. OR spend a lot more on the...