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Wow - I'm going to try the vanilla extract too, Thanks! My uncle and I take turns buying & sharing beans from http://www.arizonavanilla.com for a kahula recipe we enjoy. Their prices have been right for us.

Excellent tip on Office Max - I never thought of that. Gimp Rocks too - but as noted there is a steep learning curve. I also tend to use Publisher for labels (when giving gifts). I create my labels 4 per page, sometimes rectangular - sometimes diamond shaped. I cut the labels on a paper...

Jan - you've got me wondering why I did this to begin with... now that you mention it I'm trying to recall when, if ever, I've actually seen wax on corks other than my own. What does turning my bottles do for the wine or seal? I haven't done that. Thank you! saramc - that sounds like a very...

I've bottled a wine that I intend to save for at least another year and anticipate keeping a bottle or two around for several. Is there a need or advantage to drop a dab of wax onto the corks as an additional sealant or will keeping the bottles on their side be sufficient? Is it critical to...

Hey Turnerdude1 - I'm Lutheran - I love that!!! That's a really cool arrangement you've got there. Springmom - Champagne eh? Good for you!

Good for you! That beats dumpster diving at the recycling center (as I do). Sounds like he deserves a bottle of your next batch.:mug:

No - I certainly can't see any bubbles. It does have a flavor that I can't name, I want to say either 'green' or possibly 'champagne', which does make me wonder if your yeast theory could be it. If it multiplies I'll really be concerned - but now I'm hoping it's just greedy racking and I...

24,719 + 5 = 24,724 Good Stuff!

Thanks Leadgolem - I bet you're right on the apple particles / possible yeast. You're definitely right on the 'Yummy', I popped a cork and it was delicious! I think the glass emphasized the sediment because it didn't look bad at all when poured in a glass. I'll be making this again! A big...

I made my first batch of Apfelwein and buried it in our pantry to age for holiday sharing. I pulled out a bottle after a couple of months and saw some colonies of stuff on the bottom. I think it's either some sediment from the apples or yeast slurry but would like to know if anybody can...

I've enjoyed Terry Garey - The Joy of Home Wine Making. That one was also popular in a similar thread in the past. Ha - I looked it up at Amazon and there is even a Kindle edition! Not quite the equivalent to The Complete Joy of Home Brewing, but a start.

I've got a carboy nearly freed up from a Caribou Slobber kit. Then I'm immediately brewing EdWort's Apfelwein - uncompromised! How can 9,612 posts possibly be wrong!?! Following that I can understand a little experimentation – but give the recipe a shot… Personal opinion of course...

Impressive! Your heading caught my attention, I pictured somebody with the crazy patience to pick 18# of huckleberries or something like that. This looks doable - glad it turned out. ... shouldn't stir the pot, but am curious how this 'may' be illegal if it's not for sale ...

Sorry - I'm not the one to give you a good answer. I did run into this post though, which is related and was very interesting to me: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f25/aging-my-wine-294440/ Best Wishes!

Jacob - good thought, I have high confidence that Yooper is right on track with this having potential to turn fine after a year or two. If I need a topper though (or if this doesn't mellow in due time) - I'll follow your suggestion. Thanks!

MrOrange - Sure, I'll leave it to you to remember in 6-8 months after it's bottled. Prickly Pear Mead - sounds Wonderful! I've updated my wife that this is going to be a slow one, we'll try a bottle next Christmas but not to expect it to finish for another year or two. She put an order in for...

Thanks for all the great comments! MrOrange - I'm very intrigued, my original thought was to try this as a wine and maybe do a mead in a year or two, I've never tried mead before. This year the entire batch of Nanking Cherries that I didn't share with the birds came to about 18# which was...

I know better, it's too early to tell - but I tasted it anyway... I've got at batch of Nanking Cherry wine that is way too high in alcohol content. I followed a recipe that used way too much sugar (I suspect). It took a week for the yeast to kick off (thanks to Yooper for encouraging me to...

I've used One-Step as a no-rinse sanitizer for years and have had no problems. I recently used some very old (over 10 years) one-step and it apparently worked fine. The brew is excellent and I got a complaint from a recipient that 'my home brew has a shelf life problem' (won't stay on the...

Ha! That's the only winemaking book I have and I enjoy it. I expect there is much more out there though. I ended up overloading on sugar with a recent batch of Nanking Cherry wine following the 'Pie Cherry Wine' recipe in the book, but it's happily bubbling away right now - thanks to help...