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Original wine was fresh fruit in a mesh bag. Alcohol was approx 12 to 13%. Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Yes I did add sorbate. I did everything step by step up to the point before bottling. I did however add the purée after all other steps were done as a final attempt to back sweeten and improve flavor. So what do I do from this point? Sent from my iPhone using Home Brew

Finished and ready to bottle. I tasted the wine and it had good alcohol percent but flavoring was lacking and was on the dry side. I added one can of blackberry purée to approx 4 1/2 gal and let it sit now for approx 4 to 5 months. Tasted it yesterday and it is a very strong blackberry flavor...

Anyone have a really good recipe for mustang grape wine? Thank you!!!

I do know all the starting and ending sg of each. Without going to my log book, I can tell you that the ending ones are all .990 and have been that way since the last time I check in August of 2013. These are recipes from a wine book using fresh fruit and following all instructions pertaining...

Hello to all!!! Wanted to get some answers from real people that know and are a whole lot more experienced than I. I started making about 8 different wines in August of 2013, and did everything by the book with when to add certain chemicals and whatnot. It is now january and I haven't done...

I picked 5 gallons of mustang grapes the other day, washed and froze them in ziplok storage bags. How long can they stay in the freezer before going bad? I've heard that if you freeze them, when they thaw they will have a greater sugar content. Thanks for all input.

What is the optimal temperature for making wine while it is fermenting? What is the optimal temperature to store wine once you have bottled it?

This is really my first time making wine the "proper" way. I have transferred into my secondary fermenters. I still have to add the bentonite and kc finings. Before, I have added the bentonite and then after it settled I transferred and added kc finings before bottling, but I'm wanting to...

I spoke with the wine guy at austin home brew in austin tx earlier today and he said that it would be fine to add half the amount of sugar per one gallon x num of gallons and a half of packet of yeast . He said then to take first SG and second SG to get the alcohol from the first go round...

I'm using a triple scale and I used good plane filtered drinking water. Wen I took the second SG of the strawberry it was above the .990 mark equivalent to one mark on the scale.

They varied from 1.062, 1.071, 1.1, 1.054. They are all at .990 except strawberry is at .988. I did the calculation from grapestompers.com that you put in your reading and at what temp. It automatically calculates it for you. A few of my wines show to be around 8.75 and 9.75. That was for...

Took the first SG and then waited for it to go down to .990 before placing into the secondary fermenter. In doing this I found that some of the wines are going to be a little light in the alcohol percent. Now that it is in the secondary and down to .990, how do I get more alcohol percent? If...

Does anyone have a good recipe for making wine with mustang grapes?

Anyone got any good web sites that you know where to get good wine bottle labels or web sites that will let you build your own labels and then print them. I don't want these silly labels, really looking for a good label that doesn't just represent grapes on the label. I do different...

What is the best type of water to use when making wine?

What is the best water to use when making wine? Eg...distilled, drinking, purified, well water ect...? Thanks

How do you test acid % of red grape wine from concentrate if you don't have an acid test kit? I know it is supposed to be .65% or between 2.2 to 3.6 ph. Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

How do you transfer from your bulk into your bottles? I am using a siphon hose with a one way bulb in the middle of the hose that is similar to a fuel hose on an outboard boat motor. Thanks for all responses.