Recent content by iadubber

I'll take one please :)

I believe Red Star red wine yeast goes to 16%. There's no way to really know unless you calculate all the sugar from the bottles since you didn't take the starting gravity.

Can someone tell me the steps to creating a starter? I'd like to get a couple gallons of this going for spring/summer.

welch's!

I stirred my Strawberry daily and racked it after 8 days into a secondary after the bubbles slowed way down.

My current blueberry/pom batch took awhile to get going. Do you have a lid or cap on? If so put a towel or loosen the cap for the first few days.

Our home is never less than 65. And is 70 most of the time we are home. I did wait 24 hours after the Campden tabs. The juice is 100% with just vit c added. Yep, I was just following the recipe I have that called for one tab per gallon. Yes I checked. I did a stir lastnight and...

Will do. I guess with some of the threads I've read that people were seeing activity in a few hours.

Hello all, New to brewing so bear with me. I've been searching on why I'm not able to get this batch to ferment and can't find a solution. I am guessing I'll just have to repitch yeast again. BUT, in the case my recipe is off here is what I did. 2 gallons Musselman's 100% apple juice 2...

I'll be ordering my kits next week after I get back from Vegas. I can't wait. I've been researching for quite some time now. I didn't know that. I actually work in Dubuque. I'm still going to order my gallon kits online, but that's going to be great to have them right in town for specialty...

Hello all, I've been looking into Cider and Wine making for awhile now. I'm finally going to jump in and get a kit to get going. I plan on getting a couple one gallon fruit wine kits from Midwest Supply along with some extra one gallon containers. I think I've decided that I'd rather make...