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i would back sweeten to about 1.014 but thats me.

i need a little help with my next batch. i used some off brand apple juice, brown sugar, and d-47. for my first batch and it tastes watered down. so for my next batch I'm thinking of going with tree top or something else. because I'm thinking it was the juice.

21608.5+5= 21613.5. first 5 for me.

I think you might want to do it like a skeeter pee. Then maybe back sweeten to 1.014. That away is sweet but not to sweet.

Might be a better idea to use mountain dew throwback. Because it says on the can it has real sugar. But either way I'd like to know how it turns out.

I am thinking about trying to make a half lemonade and half black tea wine without making 2 different batches and mixing them together. Also without back sweeting with lemonade. Haven't had time to start it yet just want to get a solid recipe first. Batch size: 6 gallon (us) total: 40 single...

I don't know why but I'm thinking cold smoking. Kind of like you would if you were making your own bacon or smoked cheese. Might work a lot better then the hot smoking. So I don't know if honey could hold the smoke. Cold smoking temps are way lower then the normal hot smoking. But I'm no expert...

I was thinking the same thing. But I was going to put frozen strawberries in the secondary. Mostly for a stronger flavor. I just bottled my first batch of sp with d-47. It turned out a lot drier then I thought. So I back sweetened to 1.014. It's still kind of sour if the sp is warm. But ice cold...

Well I stabilized it yesterday. I also racked it to another Carboy because it still had some lees in the bottom. Took a fg it's sitting at 0.998 which worked out to about 13% alcohol. My sg was 1.100 I added more sugar. Tasted it and it will make you pucker. But this was warm. So I figure I will...

I made 5gal so it should me 5+341=346

I pitched my yeast almost a month ago. I used d 47. Just to see how it will turn out.

I would say make it like skeeter pee but use oj instead of lemon juice.