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I have done my version of Joe's quick grape mead. I have done back Sweetening and I have also cold crahed. The issue I am having is a yeastie taste. Will this mellow with age? Hoping to bottle tonight.

I have bought some juice from homewinery. I have searched on here for one and cant find one. Does anyone have a good recipe that i can use? Have had this juice for about a month and want to get going on it this weekend. Thanks in advance for the input.

I have made peach wine that is in need of topping up. I have bought a peach nectar juice to top up with. Seems like thick juice. Think that will make it cloudy again? Don't want to introduce more problems. Thanks

I made a big mistake last night and left the bung off carboy. It is a red pinot noir wine. Did I ruin it? Stupid mistake. :(

I have read that adding bananas or raisins during fermentation will add body to wine. How much of either or both should be added per gallon? Doing a pinot noir from concentrate from home winery. Any opinions are appreciated.

Any thoughts on topping up a muscat concentrate? Done fermenting. Bought muscat concentrate and dont want to sweeten yet as it is not clear. Thanks in advance

I made a simple syrup for my gooseberry wine tonight. The wine turned out good if i say so myself and my wife. My question about the syrup is, will it keep if i put it in container, i made entirely to much of it to use in one sitting. Any suggestions and responses are appreciated. Happy...

Started a batch of raspberry wine and i was trying to find something to backsweeten with, any suggestions?

I have made the famous Apfelwein recently. Used 4 Cinnamon sticks to flavor with in 3 gal batch. I want some apple taste with it. Currently there is none. What do you suggest I use to get the apple flavor?

I want to make a peach wine from some fruit i have in the freezer. I have couple of questions first. The fruit i have is peeled, will that make a difference? The fruit also has "fresh fruit" sprinkled on it. Will this affect the wine in anyway? How much fruit do i need per galllon of wine...

I have looked for recipes for basic mead recipes. I have one but I am not to sure what I have to do to get it started. Do I have cook the honey? What do I need to do to get started?

I bought some gooseberry juice from LBH. There is a recipe on back of can. Has anyone used this Recipe before? Is it a good one? If not does anyone have a good 3 or 5 gallon recipe? I Love gooseberry pie so figured i would buy some juice and give the wine a shot. Thanks in advance for the...

I am making a Riesling wine kit. I put conditioner in it to sweeten it up. I put almost a full bottle of conditioner in it and it is still not all that sweet. This is a 6 gallon kit. Will this sweeten up with age? One more question I have is how long should a Riesling age? I have read they...

I am pretty new to wine making. I have bought equipment for 6 gal kits, but where can I get 1 or 2 gallon carboys. I dont want to make a 6 gal recipe until I get it just right. Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated.