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Thank you very much!... to all the great TEACHERS out there who made this possible You are a credit to this craft! :mug:. I cant believe we made this stuff! pitched in February, just bottled; Cherry Vanilla Mel, Blueberry Melomel and my favorite, the Traditional; on the end. also sneaking into...

"Wine Fact:In olden days ox blood was used to take tannins out of wine." (got that from the video) If you enjoy the process of making wine you have to watch this youtube video called; 'Wine/ How the BEST is done' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsDXSJpXQck It takes you on a 55 minute...

Sorry for this lame pic, I just wanted to see if I could post an image.

I am lucky enough to have some mead to gift for Christmas! I also printed a 'gift tag' with a 'Hot Mulled Mead' recipe that will be hanging from the wine bag! (just in case they don't like the my mead! lol)

I was just thinking (kinda rare) black absorbs light and white reflects light...so much for my original theory. ooops! oh well...the black looks cool!

Thanks Doc, There are no bath tubs in our house, just 2 master bedrooms both with showers in the bathrooms, so I'll have to wait to start any big batches until I get some big equipment LOL. I also need to try some small batches to determine my varietal preferences. I am not only new to...

Greetings, Since I (and many other home brewers) gift some of our precious wine's and mead's this is a very economic way to present them. The link is to an EBAY Hong Kong seller (as an example of what to search for) This particular seller offers 10 bags in various colors from $2.40-$3.99...

Thank you Madam Yooper! I was hoping to use the 3gal for the primary! This site is awesome! mmm...pickle wine! Thanks again, and especially for addressing all three questions! Terry

Hi, I hope this is not too much of a cop-out but I just ordered a Master Vintner Small Wine Kit (1gal) Cabernet Sauvignon. I had a couple questions perhaps someone might help with (again this is a 1 gallon kit); 1) I was wondering if there could be any issues of doing my primary...

My sincerest apologies Madam Yooper! Terry

Thanks very much Dave! That makes my day!

After fining and adding sulfite and sorbate then....racking off sediment it appears that I racked a little too soon on one of my 1 gal meads (a little new sediment dropped out). I could carefully bottle off of the sediment... but was wondering, if I were to rack one more time before bottling...

For mead; bee vomit, yes... fruit fly poop, no!

Thank you, sir Yooper!