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Ive made about 5 batches of "Red muscadine wine", or for 5 years. I've always started fermentation in a open primary with the juice, hulls, seeds,etc. For 3 to 5 days till s.g. reaches 1.030 or so, then rack to a 2ndary. Ive had a few problems with my white wine lately as you probably see...

You get them brew gods outta here David!!! lol, just funnin. Its only been about a week, but im used to 1 to 3 days to my bubblin action. Temp stays around 73 degrees, it's all indoors. I use a 1 step no rinse sanitizer in all of my cleaning before brewing, even with my beer bottles so i dont...

I'm making a white wine from a bronze muscadine. I have all the juice in a carboy, and it will not ferment. No action at all, the pulp in the juice has settled to the bottom and its clearing up from no agitation. I've repitched the yeast and still nothing? " S.G. 1.086", "Pot...

Oh i almost forgot... I have to get a case of grolsch style bottles for my brew,16oz are $21.00. They also have 32oz case around $30.00. These are amber and would make a great gift. Star city,Ar. Just try and get the bottle back,lol...have a good one... skip in Ar...

I will definitely check on yeast starters. That would save me a few gray hairs. I have 2 daughters so i need all the help i can get,lol.. thanks for all the help.skip in ar...

Fermentables has 6, 1/2 gal for $16.00 , and 4, 1gal for $18.00. Only problem is they are clear. Shipping may be high as well. This is in little rock ar. 501-758-6261. tue -sat. I asked about the amber , they have none... thought this could be a last resort. Oh , these are new as well. skip...

Thanks beerdad. . I believe i will do just that in the morning if i dont see any action. I would do it right now, but since i went through the trouble of a splashy racking this morning to help aerate, i'll give it a little more time. I want to repitch so bad i cant stand it. I think i'm...

I think my calender is broke as well. i meant 8/28/07... lol I'm sorry bout that beerdad. I edited it to the right date now, hopefully that will help some.

I'm making a white muscadine wine. It's been in a carboy since wednesday 8/28/07. I'm using premier cuvee yeast. My airlock hasnt bubbled yet, it raised the level in the lock only a bit. Now it is wanting to suck the water backwards, only a little though. Ive used a nutrient...

Thanks for the reply Yuri. I went ahead and used 100& must juice since this is a white. I think i can mayyyyybe go 50% when i make the red wines so i can see the end points a little better, not really sure. Maybe i can learn more about this soon, possibly experiment a little when i get more...

I have a acid test kit. vinometer acidometer. I add the wine up to a measured mark of"0". then i titrate with some blue indicator until i get to a end point. This tells me my acidity. i only get a small amount of this blue indicator, and i live 80 miles from a dealer. I was wondering if...

Thanks for all the help. Im not sure if im up to that task yet rhoobarb but there are good instructions. I'll try anything twice,lol. Looks like i was actually kind of close with the jolly rancher joke. I will be trying this in the future. Gonna get my feet just a liiiittle bit wetter in...

Thanks for the edworts hint, i'll check that out. Just like a old western Heertsy,"ya got me", lol. No just teasin, i just get some jolly ranchers instead, it taste about the same to me. Hey!!! Maybe i'll throw a couple in a beer and see. Naaa, not gonna mess up a good beer. ok going to bed...

Ok here we go. A question to me, from me, to you. Boones farm Apple Blossom is a flavored beer. Would there be a recipe anywhere out there to copy this? Or should i be in the wine department, or the grocery store,lol. My wife really likes this stuff, and i'm making brew now, so ready or...

Thank you guys so much for the referrals. gonna start crushing wednesday or thursday. Canadian blonde, clearing up nicely. Cant wait to pour a cold glass of that soon. This is the coolest website.

Thank you guys for all your help. Looks to me like i'm about ready for the secondary. These questions may sound a bit simple, but your trial and errors are priceless. Thanks again for your time and help. Skip in AR...

Im brewing a canadian blonde. It started at a 1.042 5 days ago, and the past 2 days its been 1.012. I think thats only about 4%abv. Is it ok to rack into 2ndary carboy, or do i need to do something to get the alcohol up around 5%? This was a extract, i added 1lbs of light malt and 1lbs of...

If anyone has had good results from a great recipe for muscadine wine i would love to try it. Ive seen several and they all appear a little different. Im wanting to make about 5 gals. Im kinda new here hope this is the right way to go about this. Thanks so much for this website. Im also trying...

Hello yaeyama, yes put your tube as close to bottom in secondary to avoid splashing. Be careful to keep the tube up and away from lees in primary, leaving the lees behind will help stop gassing or fermentation. I would avoid oxygen unless you have a very,VERY strong sulfide odor.then you...

well, im kinda new at this. i make a little home made wine, and i continue to see all this cool stuff for homebrewing. well summers here and we all love a good beer. so i decided to give it a try. did a little googleing and here i am. thanks for the great info...