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I bought a few bottles of Cranberry juice from the $.99 store last week. I carefully read the bottles, they did not say "No preservatives" but the ingredients were only Cranberry juice, H20, and ascorbic acid (Vitamin C). I added my sugar, nutrient, and acid blend. Waited over night with my...

Ferment twice as fast? Or does it throw off the taste of wine? Just wondering, the GF picked up two packets of the same red star yeast by accident and I dont think the yeast will last long enough for our next batch in the fridge and I hate to see it go to waste :)

found a old plastic 5 gallon jug in the shed. Just wondering if anyone was using one as a primary? Search yielded nothing.

I have been looking around the net and havent really found anything but college kids making kool aid wine :drunk: Does anyone use drink mixes to add flavor before consumption? I was thinking of making a hard lemonade but dont want it to end up too tart which some people encounter after primary.

I have recently seen several threads of members asking about how to degas and then ask how to make a wand. Well Im bored and have mastered the art of Paint-shop. :D

So I racked 5 gallons of Apfelwein that I had into a 5 gallon carboy and added some steamed cinnamon sticks and some honey mixed with boiling water to the batch. Its been aging for good month and its getting prgressively darker over the weeks. Is it because I used brown sugar as a primary...

I have recently seen several threads of members asking about how to degas and then ask how to make a wand. Well Im bored and have mastered the art of Paint-shop. :D Maybe someone can sticky this?

27 Bottles, Check. 30 Corks, Check. Corker, Check 6 gallons of concord that has been hovering at 1.010 for 3 weeks. Cleared and campden tabed (6), left to sit for 3 more days. Degas with drill and handy plastic coat hanger. Steam the corks in K-meta sauna as described by Yooper...

So My GF's best friend let us have a 5 gal. carboy today. Her grandfather had passed away and she had taken it from his estate when they were cleaning out his things. She has since moved to Hawaii and it has been siting at her parents house ever since. It is stamped with "CRISA 18.9 ltrs...

So for about 3 weeks the SG of my concord wine has been 1.010. Each time I check the SG I notice a good coat of CO2 bubbles clinging to the sides of the beaker. How do I know if I am taking a accurate SG or if the CO2 bubbles are throwing off my level? Or maybe the extreme carbonation is...

Long story short, the GF didnt think I added the vodka to take up space in the carboy, so she added some whe racking. So yea, our batch of concord is a little hairy to say the least. maybe 700mils. When I was done taking a SG reading I went and cut a cup full with some regualr grape juice...

I re-racked a batch of Apfelwein and a batch of Concord wines today and took SG readings. Apfelwein was at 1.01, concord was at 1.02. After a small sip test they were both extremely carbonated. :drunk: Very tasty, but you can barely even taste the wine itself with the fizz action in your...

First off let me just say that my GF and I are totally not making wine to satisfy our sophisticated palates. We pretty much are doing it for fun and to use as cheap Holiday gifts :mug: Being poor college students made this both fun and beneficial. I bought my GF a simple wine making kit...