Recent content by jarheadjim

Not to distract from your initial question but have you tried adding white oak slats to a carbouy of wine? Lots cheaper and gives your wine a great barrel aged taste. You can age it that way and wait till the moment you want to bottle it and have absolutely no sediment in the bottom of your...

Now that cleared up a bunch of questions! I'll have to try the sweetening afterwards and experimment. Thanks a bunch! Jim

You're not actually distilling this product at all, you're concentrating it. Not illegal at all. The only possible downside which I've yet to encounter is your possible fusil oil poisoning. I made a charcoal filtering vat ( to combat this) that is an upside down plastic Culligan water jug with...

Hey studs and studdetts, New to the forum but not to wine making. I've just grown enough grapes, dark pink/light purple. Not sure what type but am told it makes a damned good white wine. I started the fermentation at 1.100. I squeezed the grapes at 1.020 and added campden at 1 tablet per...