Recent content by Sweeps

Hey all, Still a novice here. A while back I made some of Edwort's Apfelwein and loved it because it was so simple to make. So on that note, I was wondering, could I substitute the apple juice for another type of juice and get the same result with a different flavor? Or go half and half? How...

I did not use fining agents, just stabilizer and conditioner. And yes I added campden tablets almost every time I racked (which I learned you probably shouldn't do) So idk. Might open one up and give it a wiff

Hello all, Novice winemaker here, I bottled a gallon of strawberry and a gallon of pineapple a few months ago, and when I was going to try one of them today, I noticed that the pineapple wine had white particles floating in it, some almost as big as shredded cheese. Keep in mind the wine was...

Started some apfelwein on Saturday, and we had a bit of a blowout today! But it's okay, because it ended up like this! Even the Apfelwein is getting in the eclipse spirit! Happy eclipse y'all happy brewing

I believe I used something like this: 1 gal of water 2 lbs sugar 4 pounds fresh strawberry it was about the same for the pineapple as well

yeah I'll still keep em, like I said I'm still a beginner and I didn't know if it was normal or not for the wine to get that dry that quickly. I actually racked and tasted the pineapple when I did that, and it was a lot better tasting than 2 weeks ago (although still not good) so we'll see in a...

well dang. The whole reason I bought the refractometer in the first place was because I thought my hydrometer readings were off + these are my first batches and I wanted to save wine by not having to take samples and waste batches. So lets do this with the hydrometer. At racking to the 2ry(8/5)...

yes I am using a refractometer

Last week I tested some of my strawberry/pineapple for their SG, and I did so again today. At two weeks my pineapple was at 1.017, and at three weeks it is the same. Same goes for my strawberry. At racking it was 1.023, and a week later it is still at 1.023. Should I be concerned, or...

UPDATE: I bought a refractometer and took some readings today As of 2 weeks racked, Pineapple: 1.015 SG As of 2 days racked, Strawberry: 1.023 SG That seems a lot more correct, my hydrometer readings were both a little over .020 SG off. I double checked just to make sure I was using the...

So if I want a sweeter, more fruity tasting wine, I would want the SG to be ~1.000+ right? I'm assuming that would have to be sweetened closer to bottling?

My bad, I racked it 2 weeks ago, so I just tested it over the weekend and that is the reading I got, so it hasn't been too too long

I am new to winemaking (and brewing in general) and had a few questions about SG. 1. I started a strawberry wine on a Monday, and checked the SG on Saturday and it was just about 1.0, so I racked it. Is this okay? Most things I've read suggest 1.030. 2. For my first test batch (Pineapple)...