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From what I have read its tough to get the flavoring for watermelon and there are spoiling issues before alcohol gets high enough. Have you thought about watermelon concentrate? Maybe a juice or a bunch of jolly-ranchers.

Coming up on about three weeks since I racked my pineapple wine to its secondary glass carboys. Though its clearing up nicely it is still bubbling and there is a large amount of sediment at the bottom. Will leaving this in the secondary cause any off putting flavors? I figure its got at least a...

Do I have to stick with the yeast I have or should I switch to a higher tolerance yeast. I could not find anything about two different yeast strands in a must.

I started a batch of Vanilla Wine on 4/28. The base ingredients were 6 qt of white grape juice, 1 cup of real vanilla extract, 5 pounds of sugar and 2 gallons of distilled water. Yester day there was still no signs of fermentation and the SG reading had not moved at 1.130, I am using red...

Hi all, Started my 1st batch of wine 5 days ago with an SG of 1.115. double pitched champagne yeast into four gallons of primary 4 days ago. 2 days ago stirred primary and took SG reading of 1.100. Today stirred again and SG is at 1.051. I was planning on racking at a certain SG level 1.040...

I added the yeast nutrient already as the recipe called for everything but the yeast. Would the Camden tablets affect the yeast nutrient at this stage? should I add more when I add yeast?

I started my pineapple wine going off a recipe I found on the internet. I went with 4 gallons leaving a head space of 2.5 gallons. I have some one gallon carboys on order. I have everything in the primary now but the yeast. I will add that in 24 hours, planning on using 2 champagne yeast...

Thanks everyone! with a 6.5 gallon primary fermenter how much head space should I give it? In other words, how many gallons can I make in that before I rack it to the secondary?

Hello, Completely new to brewing and I tried searching for a similar post but found nothing. I want to try making wine, pineapple specificaly for my first batch and I have yet to purchase any equipment. I have an opportunity to get this basic beer kit for cheap from someone who is no longer...