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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...

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 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 started a 5 gallon batch of Nanking Cherry Wine. The recipe I followed is from Terry Garey's 'The Joy of Home Winemaking'. I used a recipe called 'Denny's Pie Cherry Wine' & converted a 1 gallon recipe to a 5 gallon batch. I started the wine on 11/20/11 following cool down, yeast...

I'm new to brewing wine and just started a batch of Nanking Cherry wine following a Pie Cherry Wine recipe. The recipe (which I've converted from 1 to 5 gallons) calls for 18.75 quarts of water. I had 13.75 boiling in my primary kettle and another 5 in a secondary kettle. When I added 12.5#...

I started brewing about 15 years ago when a good friend gave me a can of malt extract and a bag of bottle caps for a Christmas present. ~$100 later I had my first home brew - Good thing it was a winner! I just dusted off the carboys after years of storage. 18# of Nanking Cherries I picked...