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    Bitter tasting wine from Welches grape juice

    I had my first batch of Welches Concord w wine and got pretty drunk off of a cup of it. The problem is that it has a bitter aftertaste. It is not sour. It tastes perfect except it has a shark, bitter finish like arugula, kale, or something like that. I still have more of it left, and I want to...
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    Country wine food pairings

    I am making a sparkling Concorde wine from Welches grape juice. It is in the carbonating stage right now, and it is pretty dry. I have it in a plastic soda bottle, so I can make it sweet if I want without worrying about the build up pressure. It is high alcohol, so I decided not to add sulfides...
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    Yeast Descriptions

    I was wondering if some of you could give me descriptions of what the different yeasts are like for winemaking? I was reading an article about it on Wine Makers Mag, but the descriptions were very technical. I cannot afford to buy them all. Yes, I know they are cheap individually, but if I...
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    Cheap and easy way to both clean and sanitize plastic wine making equipment

    I care a lot about saving money, and I can't afford for home brewing to be as expensive as wine in the store. On the other hand, time is money, and I don't want to say five cents on my sanitizer, only to spend hours and effort having to go through the process of using it. I wish I could use...
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    Wine Finishing

    I am doing my first batch of Welches. It seems to be going well and it still has a little while to go. I was just wondering once it is done and I want to finish it, how should I go about it? I know that other people use siphoning equipment, but I don't have a lot of space in my apartment, long...
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    Recipe for pumpkin wine that uses purée, not flesh

    I am doing my first batch of Welches right now and it seems to be going very well. I mainly wanted to get into this to save money and have more unique flavors, and now the pumpkin season is coming, I was interested and pumpkin wine, but the only recipes I can find involve chopping and grading...
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    Gingerbread wine

    I am doing my first batch of Welches wine since I am sick of paying expensive prices for alcohol, and it seems to be going great. However, since the holidays are coming up, I wanted to start some other batches. The batch and this discussion pertains to ginger bread wine. I can't figure out how...
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