Recent content by Ceemeemonday

Thanks - guys brewing today!!

Hey All, I have been making wine for sometime as I am A wine drinker, but my husband loves beer. We decided to start brewing at home. We are starting our first batch with an extract kit. I feel confident in the procedure I just have one question do you all have any experience or...

Thanks just got on label Peelers site and ordered two kits with the suggested sugar and concentrate! Can’t wait to try it.

So I tried my first island mist kit as they are fast and I wanted wine quick . It turned out very tasty but kinda too much like a juice. So I thought about boosting the alcohol by adding sugar. I read somewhere if I do I have to balance it with concentrate (juice) to prevent it being “hot”...

Ya I kinda felt like it wouldn’t turn out as a wine I would like. My starting SG was too low and I didn’t add sugar. I did rack it off the lees to secondary and wait till it was down to .992. I added the potassium Sorbate and clarifiers and am letting it sit. I will go back to it in a week...

I just started to make wine at home. I got all the equipment from my kids for Christmas no juice available in the winter here so I got some concentrated concord 1 gal added 4 gal water starting sg 1.077 I pitched a red star primer yeast and treated it like a wine kit - primary fermentation...