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10 what? Days? I would leave upstairs until fermentation is done. Aging at 65 or even lower is fine.

What is the kit? Even if bulk aging you should have sulfite in it to get you going in the going process.

Same reason I like to cook. Creating something I enjoy. Either following a recipe, aka a kit or tweaking a recipe, or making my own fruit wine. The bonus is sharing with my friends.

11 gallons of mead 6 white cranberry Pinot Gris 6 gallons Pinot noir 6 gallons of Chilean Malbec 6 gallon LE barbera 6 gallon pomegranate Zin 1 gallon cranberry cider

Being it wasn't stored properly, it's probably bad. When you tried making need did you let it age for 1-2 years? Makes a huge difference. My first batch of need took two years before it was good.

No you need sulfite with sorbate.

Yes, thank you. Brain fart.

You need to add nitrate when you add sorbate. Open and pour all bottles into bucket. Add nitrate & sorbate. Degassed. Re bottle.

As long as the wood isn't poisonous then you can use it.

Did the top get foamy? Is there gunk on the side of the fermenter? What's your gravity reading? It should be fine.

You have two choices; 1. Sprinkle yeast onto juice. 2. Mix in 1/2 cup or so of warm water for 10-15 minutes per yeast pack instructions.

My JAOM took about 2 years before it was really good. At a year is was drinkable but still had that alcohol burn.

Follow the packets instruction. I never rehydrate my yeast. I just sprinkle the dry yeast.

Old orchard makes some nice blend concentrates. That's what usually use.

All I use to back sweeten is concentrate juice.

I should have stated; this is what I do with dry wines. For sweeter wines it is a much quicker process to bottle. I usually don't bulk age for more then a few weeks.

Wine does need to age. You don't want to age in the lees. Wine will pick up off flavors from them. I don't think your wine will be bad. It wasn't there that long. It still may have picked up some off flavors that you may or may not notice.

For my blackberry I only used 1 bottle of lemon juice and 12 lbs. of frozen blackberries.

FROM DANGERDAVE'S EASY PEESY (SKEETER PEE) RECIPE Ingredients: For a six gallon batch: Step 1: To a cleaned and sanitized seven gallon primary, add---in this order: 2 bottles (48 oz each) 100% Lemon Juice (ReaLemon in the green bottle): if you want to recude the acid level use one...

Search for Dragon Blood. It's a variant of skeeter pee. It uses a triple berry blend. Really any berry will work. If done it as is and also using cherry and also one with blackberry. Makes a nice fruit wine.