Recent content by WangusKahn

Yeah, I never put the apple wine outside until the end of fermentation a couple days. Before that it was inside, so it was a controlled temperature, with sunlight on it part of the day. Now that I know what I did wrong, it's just part of the charm and mystique of my apple wine... Ahem... But I...

I was actually asking because I think you are supposed to keep your wine out of the sunlight. But I didn't know that yet when I made my apple wine. So I was wondering what it does that's all that bad. Cause the apple wine isn't too awful in the end. Everybody likes it a lot, actually. So...

Is it true that you need to learn how to make wine in order to properly hail the dark lord? Nah, just kidding... I'm starting this thread to discuss the role of light in wine-making. I tried searching around on the internets a little bit and it was surprisingly hard to find all that much...

Well I'll take your word for it. Thanks!

Cool, I'll check them out. Banana wine sounds interesting INDEED! I'll serve that with banana splits! :mug: The issue that I keep seeing with the table sugar is that the yeast make an enzyme in order to break it down that some people think adds an off flavor. Maybe this is only an issue in...

Nice, thanks for the replies! One thing I was worried about was that the fresh fruit might introduce some wild yeasts so good call on the campden tablets. I didn't even know those existed before just now! I might have to grab some and add some fruit. I think adding a different fruit than...

So I started up a simple wine tonight just made up of oceanspray cherry juice and a little blueberry pomegranate juice. I have a few questions about sugar and yeast if anybody can shed a little light. I've only done three or four different batches of wines so far so don't worry... I know I don't...