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Bama i hope it turns out as well as it looks like it will. I have been greedy with some peach and blackberry wines in the past and added water because i wanted more volume! I ended up with a weak diluted flavor...and these were both with fresh super ripe fruit that i picked at farms. When i take...

This is my first ever batch of Strawberry Wine. We have a awesome little strawberry farm here in town. They have the most flavorful strawberries ive ever had and at a good price. I picked right at 106 pounds through my handful of trips to the farm. My goal was to get 10 gallons of finished...

Anybody else?

I would be interested in the recipe too. I screwed up a batch last year using a bad recipe

Im looking for a good, no water watermelon wine. I grow a good many crimson sweet watermelons. They are so sweet its about like eating candy. I hear its a tough wine to make due to watermelons spoiling but ill give it a try

Yooper...back in the summer when i picked then i halved them and pitted them. Put them in a ziplock freezer bag and froze them. When i thawed them i crushed them by pressing with a mallet and my hands. Yes i have them in (2) 5 gallon carboys which are both filled to the 4 gallon mark

To make matters worse my only hydrometer just got knocked off the counter and broke. Actually i only used 17 pounds of sugar. Right now i have (2) 5 gallon carboys with about 4 gallons in each one

Im attempting peach for the first time. I have 50 pounds of peaches. Ive read where half of fruit is a good starting point for sugar so i added 20 pounds of sugar. I used about a 2 quarts roughly of water to dissolve sugar. I did not add anymore water. I just did a hydrometer reading and it is...

Ok i added the last bit of sugar that the recipe calls for. I have taken SG reading before and after each sugar dump ... Here they are. 7/7/13 -Starting day - SG was 1.081 but realized i forgot to add some of the water as noted earlier in thread. - after adding missing water SG was 1.031...

Ok i just strained out the spent blackberry pieces and lees. And squeezed all the juice out. I have a guestion. I have almost exactly 5 gallons of liquid right now. I did a 5 gallon recipe and those that have read the recipe i used see where i add 1 pint of water per gallon 2 more times...

About how much sugar per pound of fruit?

I got a bunch if Silver Queen sweet corn too....if there is a recipe id like to see it/try it

Im going to be starting a batch of peach wine in the next day or so. I picked 38 pounds of Majestic peaches at the local orchard last week. I have a few questions im hoping to get answered. Ive looked at many recipes and im wanting to use all 38 pounds if peaches. I am wanting a strong peach...

This is what i read on eckraus.com this morning

Thanks for the advice. I had read this morning ( not on this forum) where it would kill yeast if added at the same time but maybe they were only referring to wild yeast like mentioned above. Thanks again