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Does anyone in Michigan rent wine presses? I picked up my grapes, had them crushed and are now in fermentors. I need to rent, borrow beg or steal a press in about a week to press the juice out. Can anyone offer a suggestion. Any creative press ideas?

I recently bought a Canton Cooper's Select "Vintage" 255 ltr Bordeaux oak barrel from a woman who's father used it once for a Zinfandel before moving on. It is in new condition other than having dried up residue from the previous wine in it. I need to thouroughly clean the inside and sanitize...

$109.20 for a 5 gal bucket (60 lbs) of Wildflower honey here in Michigan.

$109.20 for 5 gals (60 lbs) of wildflower honey here in Michigan.

What I was looking for was what process others have used that that have been very successful. What grapes with what yeast worked the best. After racking of the lees when to put into the oak barrel for aging, ect. I have been told some grape juice needs no yeast to ferment. Any direction is...

Is nobody making traditional red wines? Come on guys.

I am interested in making my first grape wine. I have made many meads/momels with great success. It is now grape season and I am going to the California Wine Grapes Co. in Detroit to purchase fresh juice (6 gals buckets). Can anyone share a GREAT red wine recipe success. We enjoy cabs...

Wow, 60 viewings and no one has any suggestions on this topic. I guess I'll just hold out and drink in 6 months if it still tastes good (cloudy or not).

I need some more coffee!! or mead...

I made my first mead on 1/20/10 using the following recipe: Medium Show Mead 15.5 Cups Windmill Farms Wildflower 4.5 Gal Spring Water 10 oz. Lalvin D-47 Yeast 2 tsp. Yeast Energizer 2 tsp. Yeast Nutrient 2/18/10 SG was 1.014 Still in the carboy it look very cloudy with a...

I am thinking about bottling my first mead. I have eight 5-6 gal carboys filled with different meads (all still meads) the first having started 1/20/10 and another each week after. I have collected and cleaned hundreds of 750 ml wine bottles from my local yacht/boat club and ready to fill...

We have lift off! Must be filling the large head space because it is not even slightly moving the vodka in the airlock yet. I know there isn't a leak. The rubber seal works great. I opened it up and the fermentation is vigorous. I guess a little more time and we should be good.

48 hours and still no signs of fermentation begining on a fast starting yeast??? - Lavlin 71b-1122

No signs of foaming, fermenting, gas moving the vodkain the air lock or other activity on the surface. Strawberries were frozen but thawed and mushy. With the berries in the 5 gal. of fluid rise to the 9 gal mark (of 15). Quite a bit of head sapce left but if you push down on the lid slightly...

I threw together a 5 gal. batch of Strawberry Canana early yesterday morning using Lavlin 71b-1122 yeast (about 8 grams). The yeast was redhydtared per directions for about 25 mins. and pitched into room temp must. I am using the graduated method for nutrients. This yeast is supposed to be fast...

I recently purchased two 15 gal Mini Brew fermentors as an all in one option to racking, ect. I have been using buckets and carboys to get the hang of things. Today I am going to try my hand at making a Strawberry Cabana mead. Does anyone out there have any experience with these units that...

Would it bring out more apple flavor to rack onto some fresh cut apples for a period of time? If so what kind of apple is suggested and for how long? I would rather have a semi dry (maybe sweet) with flavor that a dry rocket fuel.

I just made 5 gals using this recipe. 5 Gallons 100% Apple Juice 2 pounds of dextrose (corn sugar) in one pound bags 1 five gram packet of Montrachet Wine Yeast My daughters boyfriend sent her home with some apple cider that had very little flavor other than alcohol. I don't know what...

Does anyone have a detailed explanation on how to keg cider and/or mead? I just bought 4 corny kegs and a Co2 tank. I do not know what equipment is needed or the process for kegging and carbonating (if desired). Any videos out there?

Thanks for the insight. I used a local MI wildflower honey from Windhill Farms. I will let this age for a few more months and taste again. It is a dry mead. I thought it had stalled (original D-47) and later piched in some EC-1118 so it is powerfull. Beginner's learning curve but hey, it is what...