Recent content by bamajo

I have 5 gallons of apfelwein nearing completion and 3 gallons of mead ready to bottle. I want to prime just a few bottles for each. I bought a case of 12 750mL bottles at a brewing store a few weeks ago. The guy was calling them saison bottles but they look like the belgian style in my...

I use Better bottles after primary fermentation. The primary is anything from a bucket to another carboy if it is just juice.

I have read many posts on the subject but would like to hear everyone elses procedures for adding potassium metabisulfite to wine when racking and bottling to prevent oxidation. The first book I read on wine making is "From Vines to Wines". It is a great book in my opinion but the author makes...

Thanks for the information! I used red muscadines. I left the skins in the primary for about 10 days hoping to get some good color. I tried pressing using a mesh bag. Maybe I missed out on extracting more color by not using a press. I will have to add that to things to buy for next year. In the...

Thanks for all the help! It has been a little over a week and it is still bubbling. SG reading today was 1.040 and I transferred it from primary to secondary. If it stops I'm gonna pitch the EC118.

Hello, I have a question about some mead I started about 36 hours ago. My starting gravity was 1.130 and I pitched the D47 yeast about 24 hours ago. There is a little foam on top but no vigorous fermentation occurring. I'm worried I may have messed up by using the D47 yeast since it tops out...

I used about 60 lbs of red muscadines to make 5 gallons of wine. It is still in a carboy. Just from tasting it last racking it does not have a strong flavor and seems "watery". It is dry and the SG was 1.1. Any suggestions on what I could do to it before I get it ready to bottle to give it more...

Just transferred my wine from the primary to secondary last night. I used the eckraus recipe as a guideline for 1.25 gallons. I had to add extra sugar and after the acid blend I still ended up adding fresh lemon juice until I got the pH strip to show 3.4. My starting specific gravity was 1.091...

Sorry for getting a little off topic but since you guys have some experience I was wondering about what 1 gallon of picked muscadines weighs? I would really like to make enough wine to fill a 5 gallon carboy. I need to know about how many gallons in volume of muscadines I will need if I'm...

Now that I am trying to make wine at some point I'm going to need a place to store my wine and allow it to age. Currently we just keep our purchased wine in our pantry but it never seems to stay there long so it has never been a problem. I do not have a basement or cellar but just wondering if...

Hello everyone, I have been reading for a while and decided to join to ask a question. I spent several hours picking wild elderberries. After washing and bagging them to freeze (i was hoping to get more than 3 lbs) I noticed some of them have larva hatching from them. Gross, I know! After...