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I keep reading how hard it is to get fresh cranberries to ferment, and I just keep hoping my batch will take off with each little fix I try. I started it a week and a half ago, a 5-gallon batch. I am not near my recipe right now so I cant list that out, but so far no action. I added more water...

I did all my research and think I found that others think this could be campten tab leftovers, but I don't know. I have racked this 3 times. The last time I noticed the film on top and decided to rerack to check and remove headspace to see if I could clear it up, I added a bottle of homemade...

Started my second batch of mead on December 5th, 5 gallons. Used a brew bucket and stirred daily, the first day it even erupted over and made a mess. I didn't want it to sit in the air forever so I moved it to a carboy on December 12. In the process, at the half-full point, I used the wine...

Started a new batch of wine this last weekend (recipe below) and forgot to take the SG for a day. Decided it would be the wrong number but wanted to know anyway so I took it a day after the yeast was added. Well, it is very active and I am getting ready to leave for the weekend so I was giving...

Started my first batch of mead on 1/31, 5 gallons. Used EC-1118 yeast, also had sliced oranges in the primary. It did really well at first and I stirred it every day. When I took it off the oranges, my recipe had me add orange juice, this made it active again. It slowed way down, but here is...

I have read up on what others have said about watermelon wine being easy to spoil, but no one mentioned time frames or gravity. Today we reracked the 5-gallon batch that we used the fresh pulp of 5 melons in. We started it in September 2020, and it was super active and blew its top and...