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So I racked the blackberry and the apple this morning ran most of the lees through a coffee filter (what a pita!) got rid of most solids. Tasting the both the blackberry has a rather bland flavor higher alcohol so I may blend some flavor if necessary, but the apple tastes pretty good. With the...

I'll rack to fresh in the morning, thanks

When do I rack, it's still working with all of the berries (crushed) in the carboy but it's still bubbling regular been three weeks since I started it

I picked up a hydrometer today , my brother was with me and grabbed one that tells the alcohol not the sugar.

I got the auto siphon , and airlocks . The hydrometer is on the way , Winemaker suggested a refractometer too to calculate how much sugar to add . It's cooking great now !

I did it ! I add Laval D-47 it's cookin now !

Well the food news is that it started working last , I didn't leave enough headspace. I may pick up some nutrients today, I don't have a refractometer or a hydrometer yet. Do I really need it?

I did pick up a cider yeast if I get a decent recipe I may put some of my apples to work ! Any ideas ?

I put a packet of Lalvan D47 in at 5:pm , the guy at the store said pour it in and I should see action before I head to bed tonight . Hope so , I'd hate to have wasted the berries for nothing .

I'll head out and grab yeast as soon as the boy gets out of school, any particular?

Op ?

I got fermentation with an airlock in place on my concord and in fact it is still working . I'd like to try an apple wine considering I have a few acres of apples and an empty 12 gal pyrex jug waiting to be utilized .

Started a winemaking class and have a batch of concord ready to rack . So I decided to do a batch of blackberry with some of the 7 gallons I have frozen . Crushed a little over a gallon and added it to around 3 gal of sugar water (dissolved #5 ) it's in the pyrex with an airlock . Did this...

Having issues ,crushed 1.2 gal of blackberries ( previously frozen ) added the crush to almost 3 gal of water plus #5 cane(dissolved ) . Not getting anything working yet , should I add a wine yeast ? I had also heard it is a bad idea to try it with water from a water softener , is this true...

Hey , did a search for homebrew forums and here I am . Just started a winemaking class this year and my first batch is ready to rack so things are good there . Did it with wild yeast ,tastes great ! I had a lot (7 gal ) of blackberries frozen and wanted to do a recipe I found crushed the berries...