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I found a few recipes online that seemed pretty consistent with my resurch into the matter. This is the basics of what I did: Today I hand crushed approximately 25lbs of muscadines, added 3/4 tsp of pectic enzyme, 5 tbs yeast nutrien and, 5 tsp wine tannin . I then boiled 2 gal water and...

Hello to all in the Brewing universe. In the past couple of days I've picked approximately 20 gallons of muscadine and scuppernong grapes. I have all necessary equipment and ingredients however I am lacking a sweet muscadine wine recipe. In doing my research I found that there were two methods...

Hey, thanks! I did not degas before moving to secondary. The directions do not mention degassing until the "stabilizing, clearing & degassing Day 15-27". Which would be considered the 3rd time racking into a different carboy. I will certainly consider degassing before racking into secondary next...

If there is another forum post about this, please direct me there. Hello home brewers, I'm making a wine from a Master Vintner wine Kit for the 2nd time ever. Its a Pinot Noir 6 gallon batch and i've followed most of the direction to a "T". I did make some small additions at the beginning of...

I just now took a gravity reading. Currently sitting at 1.012. It appears to still be fermenting, that is if bubbles rising from the bottom to the top are any indication that active fermentation is occurring. Direction suggest that the F.G. will be around 1.004.

Is there anything i can do post active fermentation to better assist my yeast?

The kit did not come with nutrient. I used two S-04 dry ale yeast. I've considered sticking my spoon in and giving a little stir but fear that may lead to contamination. Thank You for your response. I knew it should be much easier than beer but i'm used to beer and this seemed to be diving into...

In full disclosure this my first attempt at making hard cider. None of my family likes beer so i thought it would be nice to make them some cider for Christmas. I purchased a kit from Brewers Best - Cider House select. I've been brewing beer for years but this being my first cider, i followed...

Ahh thanks, was looking for something like that. Thanks

I recently saw this fermentor pop up on northern brewer.com. I can't find any reviews on it. I'm curious to know if it's as useful as it appears and/or does it have major flaws and should be avoided? I like the idea of not racking into a secondary or a bottling bucket.. Seems like it would...