Recent content by rokefert

Tonites bottling will free up a bunch of room for a new batch and im thinking my garden carrots will be the theme. Ive seen a few recipes some of which called for peppercorns, raisins etc. Has anybody made a "dry" carrot wine they really enjoyed? If ya did, and don't mind sharing how ya did...

I like to do 1 gal batches. 1 gal jugs are somewhat easy to come by if you ask a restaurants or bars that serve wine by the glass, and as for a primary a stainless steel cooking pots work well with a little weight on the lid. Its almost a better way to try a new recipe before you make a bunch...

This year I took the remains of a 6 gal batch of grape wine made and made a secondary 3 gallon batch from the leftover must. I just used the same recipe but added a bit more sugar to make up for what was lost from the must in the first batch to get my hydrometer reading to the correct level. I...