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Hey all, I am brewing my first grape wine kit after lots of experience with country wines. I have never had my other wines oxidize, and I am generally very careful to prevent it. However, I just tasted a sample of my shiraz blend that I decided to bulk age instead of bottling right away like...

Hello all, I have years of experience with brewing cider, fruit wines, mead, and beer, but this is the first time I am doing a grape wine kit. It is a shiraz blend. I got the kit as a means of obtaining the balanced juice, but I am not following the instructions and time table to brew it in...

Hey Guys, I think my cider has an infection. I am including pictures. It does not seem like a major infection and I don't think it needs to be thrown out. It would be such a shame to do so because the cider I started with was so delicious. The source cider was bought in a store, so I...

Hey guys, As a little intro, I transitioned into wine making from cider, so I had always cold crashed in the past and used to see it as necessary unless you want your cider to taste like yeast. When I started doing wines, I cold crashed them as I was used to doing. My question is if (1) a...

Hey guys, I am hoping to make a blackberry port and I have a few questions for the knowledgeable community before I attempt it. I am planning on making the port out of Farmer's Pick (by Welch's) Blackberry Juice (100% juice). While it says 100% juice, not all of the juice is blackberry; it...

Hey guys, This is my first post on here, though I have been stalking the forum from the shadows for some time now. I think it really speaks to the quality of the conversation on this forum that I have been going here for answers to my brewing questions for months and these are the first...