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Icinglass, you can get it where you get your other winemaking supplies. It's not terribly expensive and will clear most wines in a few days.

Don't forget restaurants. They usually throw their wine bottles away. Ask around and see if any will save them for a day or a week or whatever and pick them up. Hot soapy water, then boiling water...and you've got free wine bottles. A bottle corker is nice, but not mandatory. A rubber...

Subbed to this. I'd also like to know the answer. I only initially ferment my cider for 5 days then bottle, leave out for one day, then cold crash it in the fridge until I drink it up. I really don't have the fridge space for 5 gallons so for now I'm making it 1 gallon at a time, until I...

I have no idea why... but I'm glad of it. Local bars and restaurants are a great place to score some free wine bottles. :)

In my state, some places have a brown bag license. You can bring whatever you want into those places. A place with just a license to sell beer, wine, and/or liquor ... I don't think they are allowed to let you bring anything in from the outside...nor would they want to because they want to...

My basic wine recipe. 2 cups sugar 1/4 cup lemon juice Flavoring (I use Welch's strawberry blast x3/gallon for strawberry, and Great Value apple juice x2/gallon for apple wine) 1 pkg yeast and 2 tbsp sugar in 1 cup warm water for 15 minutes, then stir it into the mixure. Ferment for...

Thanks folks. I appreciate the advice. Looks like I should have joined and asked questions from the start instead of just reading...but I do like to read and find as many answers on my own as I can, then ask about the things I can't find. And thanks for the info about straw colored...

^^^^ So about this...would daiquiri mix give it a more strawberry taste than the strawberry blast does? What about the color? I'm getting a pink color, and with food coloring, I get a blood color. Very pretty, but does not LOOK like strawberry wine. This being a hobby, I really strive for...

^^^Thank you, I'll try this with the next batch. You mean no air lock? Just sealed it up in the fermenter? I'll have to order that. The local brewery supply shop doesn't carry it. I've asked him to get it and he said next time he orders yeast he'll get some...but that was two orders ago...

Hi, I've been lurking around the forum and reading quite a bit. My Dad was a rather renowned local winemaker and liquor distiller in the town I grew up in... so good in fact that during the Eric Rudolph search, he kept the FBI and ATF guys drunk nearly every night without worry about them...

Hi, I've been lurking around the forum and reading quite a bit. My Dad was a rather renowned local winemaker and liquor distiller in the town I grew up in... so good in fact that during the Eric Rudolph search, he kept the FBI and ATF guys drunk nearly every night without worry about them...